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Pentagon Spent $150 Million on Afghanistan “Villas,” Security for Lavish Compounds
Included among the lavish services were luxury commodities provided by private military contractors.
Horror Beyond Description: Noam Chomsky on the Latest Phase of the War on Terror
World-renowned critic of US foreign policy Noam Chomsky offers his insights on the current phase on the US “war on terror.”
Green Capitalism: How Multinationals Use Climate Change to Impose an Industrial Agricultural Model
Advocates are questioning whether Big Ag's “climate-smart agriculture” will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
California’s Head Oil Regulator Resigns Amid Latest Brown Administration Scandal
The resignations of oil industry regulators show California's by Big Money interests.
The Question of Palestinian Statehood and the ICC’s Jurisdiction
When the UN made Palestine a “non-member observer state,” it became an eligible party to the International Criminal Court.
Poverty Swept Under the Red Carpet in the Philippines
Manila's street dwellers are everywhere, because crushing poverty in this country of 100 million people remains rampant.
How the Clinton and Sanders Infrastructure Plans Measure Up
How does Clinton and Sanders' plans stack up? And more importantly, how will they pay for them?
There May Be a New GOP Front-Runner, and It’s Not Who You’d Expect
New Hampshire voters rally around failed 2012 GOP candidate Mitt Romney.
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The Rise of the Illegitimate Authority of Transnational Corporations
Everywhere you look you find masses, droves, gangs of unelected, unaccountable, profit-oriented individuals, corporations and new institutions surfacing, making official policy.
William Rivers Pitt | Slaughter Is the Standard in the US
There have been 355 mass shootings in the US this year alone. We have passed 337 days on this year's calendar. The math drips blood.