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"Blood on American Hands": Richard Falk on Palestine

Richard Falk: The latest carnage in Gaza is part of an ongoing Israeli imperial policy, but Israel always claims its attacks against Palestinians are provoked by Palestinians.
Cheap Talk at the Fed

Dean Baker: By calling attention to the over-valuation of social media and biotech companies, and junk bonds, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen is putting the financial professionals on notice.

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John Nichols

John Nichols, a pioneering political blogger, has written the Beat since 1999. His posts have been circulated internationally, quoted in numerous books and mentioned in debates on the floor of Congress.

Nichols writes about politics for The Nation magazine as its Washington correspondent. He is a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor of the Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and dozens of other newspapers.