Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Opinion
Unwinding the BP spin
June 14, 2010British Petroleum is now putting a special spin on the crisis caused by the explosion of its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico - and it's the most revolting spin yet.
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U.S.
Outrage at killings by Border Patrol on U.S.-Mexico border
June 11, 2010There is outrage in Mexico over the second killing of an unarmed Mexican citizen, in the space of a little more than a week, by the U.S. Border Patrol.
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World
Portugal: Economic struggle goes to the streets
June 7, 2010On Wednesday June 2, the Portuguese parliament voted by a thin margin to accept the austerity package presented by Socialist (PS) Party Prime Minister Jose Socrates.
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U.S.
Border Patrol accused in immigrant death
June 2, 2010Mexican human rights defenders are accusing the U.S. Border Patrol of beating, kicking and tasering a Mexican undocumented immigrant to death in San Diego, Calif.
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World
Honduras coup reverberations continue
June 1, 2010Four months after a new president, Porfirio Lobo of the right-wing National Party, took power, killings continue and he has still not achieved full legitimacy in Latin America.
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Opinion
British Petroleum and friends: The face of the enemy
May 21, 2010When we rail against corporate abuses on these pages and elsewhere, we sometimes forget that a corporation is not a person.
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Opinion
A dubious immigration proposal
May 10, 2010Senate Democratic leaders have presented an outline for an immigration reform bill, but many will find it wanting.
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Opinion
Messing around with our citizenship
May 10, 2010Taking advantage of the failed bombing attempt in New York City's Times Square, for which Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Pakistani origin, has been arrested, U.S. Sens. Joe Lieberman, Independent-Conn., and Scott Brown, R-Mass.,...
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