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Center For American ProgressThe State of Women of Color in the United StatesCenter For American ProgressSOURCE: AP/Gregory Shaver. Women of color will comprise the majority of all women in the future, and it is in our best interest to close racial gaps so we can begin to create a society and workforce that will sustain U.S. competitiveness on the global ...

Washington Post (blog)Does the United States have $128 trillion in unfunded liabilities?Washington Post (blog)“We have $128 trillion worth of unfunded liabilities and the total net worth of our country is $94 trillion and we have another $17 trillion worth of debt.” – Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), interview on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Oct. 20, 2013. In making the ...

New York TimesViewing US in Fear and DismayNew York TimesMEXICO CITY — The word many Mexicans now use to describe Washington reflects a familiar mix of outrage and exasperation: berrinche. Technically defined as a tantrum, berrinches are also spoiled little rich kids, blind to their privilege and the ...

Washington PostUS, eager to lecture others in times of fiscal crisis, plays by different rulesWashington PostAnd for Mexico and a host of Latin nations, the formula was debt relief in exchange for a turn toward U.S.-style market economics. When countries get into trouble with spending and debt, the United States is never shy about giving advice or about using ...

Los Angeles TimesUpset over US fiscal crisis, China urges a 'de-Americanized world'Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Upset that the fiscal stalemate in Washington is threatening the global economy, China called for the U.S. dollar to be replaced as the international reserve currency as well as for broader steps to create a "de-Americanized world." China ...

Washington PostUS debt crisis spurs Chinese calls for 'de-Americanized' worldWashington Post“The congressmen are behaving irresponsibly not only for other countries but also for” the United States' “own creditors,” said Mei Xinyu at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, which has ties to the Commerce Ministry.

The Times (subscription)United States faked the return of its war dead in ceremoniesThe Times (subscription)The US military has always taken pride in the sombre repatriation ceremonies for the remains of American servicemen killed in Vietnam or during the Second World War. Cargo planes arriving with flag-draped coffins, an honour guard, crowds of veterans ...

NPR (blog)Reports: US Captures Al-Qaida Leader In Libya RaidNPR (blog)An al-Qaida leader indicted in the United States for coordinated 1998 attacks on two U.S. embassies in East Africa was captured on Saturday in a daytime military raid in Libya, according to several published and broadcast reports. The suspect, known as ...

Business InsiderA Canadian Journalist Dreams Of The Day When Her Country Final Merges With ...Business InsiderIn the dystopian future imagined by Canadian journalist Diane Francis, Russia owns all of Canada's oil and the Chinese own all its ports. Canada is rendered a colony of the two non-Western superpowers, while the US is left out in the cold, surrounded ...

Foreign Policy (blog)FP Passport: Good News: The United States Still Isn't a Failed StateForeign Policy (blog)Yes, the U.S. government shutdown is equal parts embarrassing and infuriating. Yes, it is putting the kibosh on services as basic as food programs and flu shots. But no, the United States is still not a failed state, much as many people seem to be ...