In SOTU, Obama Tells Divided Congress to Expect Executive Action in Face of Continued Obstructio; “A Silent Coup”: Jeremy Scahill & Bob Herbert on Corporate, Military Interests Shaping Obama’s SOTU; Five Years of the “Same Rhetoric”: Immigration Activist Faults Obama’s SOTU, Deportation Policy; “Dirty Wars” Filmmaker Jeremy Scahill on the “Drone President” & Obama’s Whitewashing of NSA Spying.
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January 29, 2014
Obama Seeks Guantánamo Closure, Support for Iran Deal in SOTU Address
GOP Suggests Challenge to Minimum Wage Hike for Federal Workers
Syria Talks Resume after Assad Regime Cites “Terrorist” Backing
Homs Remains Without Aid Despite Gov’t Pledge
Egypt Orders Trial for 20 Detained Al Jazeera Journalists
U.N. Security Council Approves European Troop Deployment to Central African Republic
Latin American, Caribbean Leaders Meet in Cuba
Tunisia Approves Landmark Constitution
Study: 85 Richest People Hold Wealth Equal to 3.5 Billion Poorest
GOP Rep. Resigns Following Cocaine Arrest
Postal Workers Rally Against Gov’t Contract With Staples
College Football Team Seeks Unionization; Player Comes Out as Gay
Supreme Court Halts Missouri Execution over Disclosure of Lethal Drug