Matthew Palevsky

Homeowners Get Help in DC, But Not From Government

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freddie Mac, Fdic, Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, Paulson, Matthew Palevsky, Housing Crisis, Homeowners, The Real News, Fannie May, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

2008-07-24-forclosure.jpg This week thousands of homeowners lined sixtieth street, 3 blocks from the White House, waiting for help to lower their mortgage rates.

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Arianna Huffington on the Media, McCain, and Obama

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Right Is Wrong, Matthew Palevsky, News Media, Election 2008, The Real News, Mccain Voting Scandal, Obama Foreign Policy, Arianna Huffington, John McCain, Democratic Convention, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

2008-06-15-ahuff2.jpg Last week I interviewed Arianna Huffington on two central topics in Right is Wrong. I couldn't help getting her candid opinion on Barack Obama as well.

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Exclusive Interview With Two Iraqi Members of Parliament: Is Bush Trying to Cement Long-Term Presence in Iraq?

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Muqtda Al-Sadr, Khalaf Al-Ilyan, Sadrists, Matthew Palevsky, Security Pact, Prime Minister Al-Maliki, Nadim Al-Jaberi, Un, President Bush, Iraq, Us, The Real News, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

2008-06-08-Picture11.jpg Mystery surrounding the specifics of the security pact has not prevented widespread outrage in Iraq over reports that it will prolong US military presence indefinitely and impinge on Iraqi sovereignty.

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Fear of Islam Hurts Obama in Kentucky

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Bradley Effect, Democratic Primary, Politico, Barack Obama, Matthew Palevsky, Kentucky, Racism, Rumors, Election 2008, The Real News, Politics News
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One might have thought that the Wright scandal would have extinguished Obama's rumored connection to Islam. Instead, it has only strengthened the spurious claims about his faith.

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Strategery: Bush Attacks Obama and Weakens America

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pepe Escobar, Democratic Primary, Comfort of Appeasement, Nancy Pelosi, Senator Biden, Matthew Palevsky, Middle East, Obama, Iran, Election 2008, The Real News, President Bush, Israel, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

Instead of focusing on the ethics of mudslinging, more should follow Biden's lead and address the potentially dire ramifications of Thursday's reckless hubris.

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Facing Racism in America

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Senator Clinton, Matthew Palevsky, West Virginia, Racism, Election 2008, Martinsberg, The Real News, Race, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

2008-05-15-realnews.jpg While covering the primary in West Virginia, I encountered shocking racism only hinted at by Tuesday's exit polls.

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The Media's Perpetuation of Racism

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Divide and Conquer, Dwight Hopkins, Barack Obama, Matthew Palevsky, Reverend Moss, Trinity United Church of Christ, Primary Election, The Real News, Reverend Wright, Politics News
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Trinity United Church of Christ practices what it preaches, agreeing with the views of Wright while still supporting Obama's candidacy.

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Why is Clinton Pandering to the Right?

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Primary, Tom Hayden, Senator Clinton, Matthew Palevsky, Iran, Nuclear Attack, Senator Lieberman, The Real News, Hillary Clinton, Home News
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Clinton recently unveiled her new policy platform of "massive retaliation" against Iran in the event of a war between Iran and Israel. This Middle Ea...

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Lose-Lose in Pennsylvania

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Pennsylvania Primary, Senator Obama, Senator Clinton, Matthew Palevsky, Hillary Clinton, Philadelphia, The Real News, Barack Obama, Politics News
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In the wake of the Pennsylvania primary, Democrats across America are spending their coffee breaks lamenting the vacuous politics that will inevitably drag on into June.

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Ex-CIA Analyst Outs Cheney

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Cheney, Raymond Mcgovern, Matthew Palevsky, Mcgovern, Donald Rumsfeld, Petraeus, The Real News, Iraq, General Petraeus, Crocker, Nouri Al Maliki, Dick Cheney, Wmds, Home News
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What could have possessed Prime Minister Maliki to rush headlong into a battle he was thoroughly unprepared for? The Bush Administration has responde...

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Did Petraeus Part Ways With The Neocons?

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Committee on the Present Danger, Iran, Lieberman, Bomb Iran, Senator McCain, Mccain, Petraeus, Senator Lieberman, The Real News, Crocker, Matthew Palevsky, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Iraq, Real News, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

Those who expected General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker to beat the drums of war during this week's Senate hearings must be disappointed. Joe Lieberman certainly was.

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McSame As Bush: McCain's Road To Iran

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Wmd, Therealnews, Real News, Bush, Al Qaeda, Matthew Palevsky, Sunni, Mccain, Iran, Shia, The Real News, Iraq, Home News
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McCain's "straight talk" on the wages of war and Iran has the irony of a recovering alcoholic doing Johnny Walker ads.

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Conflict over fundamental change in Bolivia

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 01.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Guevara, Real News, Morales, Matthew Palevsky, Oil, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Socialism, Jean Paul Guevara, The Real News, Evo, Autonomy, Home News
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Internal conflict continues in Bolivia between the government and the country's southern province. The oil rich South has demanded autonomy in respons...

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The Failure of NATO in Afghanistan

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 01.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Nato, Afghanistan, Matthew Palevsky, Middle East, Taliban, Omar Bin Laden, War on Terror, Malluah Omar, Osama Bin Laden, Home News
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The result: a hamstrung multilateral force unable to meet its objectives. But not to worry, NATO will stay the course.

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Inside a Caucus: Iowa 2008

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Caucus, Matthew Palevsky, Inside a Caucus, Iowa Caucus, Iowa, Stolen Election, Democracy, 2008 Election, Home News
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The Caucus is an unruly animal that requires firsthand experience fully to comprehend. This video provides a first hand look that places the viewer in the mix.

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Biden Stripped of Caucus Delegates: What the Faucus?

Matthew Palevsky and Bess Kalb | Posted 01.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Stolen Election, Caucus, Obama, Clinton, Biden, Iowa, Bess Kalb, Matthew Palevsky, Home News
Matthew Palevsky and Bess Kalb

The Precinct Secretary counted Biden's corner as 69 strong--one person short. A woman in a red coat had wandered into a crowd of Edwards supporters and now headed back to the Biden circle. "Times up!" yelled the Secretary.

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