Center for American Progress PROFESSOR, CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite Former president of Chicago Theological Seminary (1998-2008), Thistlethwaite is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Obama’s new ‘Just War Peace’ policy President Obama broke with traditional Just War thinking in his Nobel prize acceptance speech, and so far almost no one [...]
Archive for December 18th, 2009
18 Dec
Center for American Progress | Opportunities to Address Health Care Disparities in Health Care Reform SOURCE: AP/Gene J. Puskar Dr. Diego Chaves-Gnecco talks with the Solis family during a visit on to a bilingual clinic that he runs through Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. By Lesley Russell | December 17, 2009 Read the full report (pdf) [...]
18 Dec
U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup’s bailout repayment
DEAL MADE TO RECOVER BAILOUT Firms exempted from rule when U.S. sells its stake Citigroup says it has built up $38 billion in losses. With the tax exemption, it will be able to shelter up to $38 billion in future profits. (Richard Drew/associated Press) By Binyamin Appelbaum Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 16, 2009 [...]
18 Dec
Healthcare: First They Came for the Banksters
OpEdNews December 17, 2009 at 18:47:39 For OpEdNews: Thom Hartmann – Writer First they came for the banksters, and showered them with money and put them in the Administration in a way that was not change we could believe in. Then they came for the military industrial complex, and sent more and more of our [...]
18 Dec
$57,077.60 — That’s What We’re Paying Each Minute for the Occupation of Afghanistan
AlterNte.org By Jo Comerford, Tomdispatch.com. Posted December 17, 2009. The $30 billion cost of Obama’s surge alone would place the US in the top-ten for global military spending, sandwiched between Italy and Saudi Arabia. $57,077.60. That’s what we’re paying per minute. Keep that in mind — just for a minute or so. After all, the [...]
