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  • Economic Fallout From Coronavirus Hardest On Poor Hispanic And Black Americans

    By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 31st, 2020Covid-19, also known as the coronavirus, has been hard on all of us. But the pandemic’s economic fallout has been harder on lower-income Americans, according to a Pew Research Center study released in September. The Pew Center “conducted this study to understand Americans’ assessments of their personal financial situation … caused by the coronavirus outbreak,” according to the report. Pew “surveyed 13,200 U.S. adults in August 2020” to determine the continuing economic effects of the coronavirus. “Everyone who took part is a member of Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP),” declared the study,…

  • Are Iraqi Forces Behind ‘Death Squads’?

    Are some of the veryIraqi groups the U.S.created to maintainorder nowspreading death inBaghdad?Are Iraqi Forces Behind ‘Death Squads’?By Cliff MontgomeryThe drama unfolds again and again throughout Baghdad: people are quickly…

  • 9/11 Commissioners Speak Of Inaction On Proposals

    Why has thebipartisan 9/11Commission beenignored by the BushWhite House?9/11 Commissioners Speak of Inaction On ProposalsBy Cliff MontgomeryThough Republicans may tout themselves as the party “tough on terrorists,” they’ve done little…

  • Congress Finally Tackles Port Security

    Why has it taken theU.S. government solong to secure ourports?Congress Finally Tackles Port SecurityBy Cliff MontgomeryThe G.O.P. has worked long and hard to cultivate an image of being “tough”–“tough” on…