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Congress Holds Historic Debate On Afghan War, But Media is MIA

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. March 11, 2010.

Wednesday marked the first major congressional debate about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. Where was the press?

Obama's Cuba Moves Do Little to End the Economic War on Havana

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 7, 2009.

While a step in the right direction, easing travel restrictions to Cuba doesn't end the economic blockade of Cuba. That change is long overdue.

Let Us Now Praise an Infamous Woman -- and Our Own Possibilities

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. August 7, 2007.

A grand total of two people in the entire Congress were able to resist a blood-drenched blank check for the Vietnam War. Decades later, a single Congress woman stood up after September 11, 2001 and voted against the gathering madness.

Stop Lying About Barbara Lee

David Sirota, March 24, 2007.

Memo to contrarians & conspiracy theorists: you don't help your cause by trampling on the truth.