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They Are Trying to Sneak Fast Track Past Us Again
We beat them once; we can keep them again from sneaking it past us.
Washington in Wonderland, Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again)
When it comes to Iraq, weu2019re already halfway back down Alice's rabbit hole.
William Rivers Pitt | The Scorpions, the Frogs and the TPP: Prepare to Be Stung
As I watched the House pass President Obama's bill giving him fast-track trade authority, I thought to myself, “Here are the scorpions, and we are the frogs.”
Damming the Future: The Struggle to Protect Kenya’s Ewaso Ngiro River
Indigenous people are coming together to resist the construction of a mega-dam along the only reliable river in the arid north of the country.
Calls Mount for a National Moratorium on Charter Schools
Making public education more accountable has been the solemn pledge of government officials for years, except when it comes to charter schools.
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Resisting Gentrification at Gunpoint
Various port expansion projects endorsed by the Colombian government will require the displacement - whether voluntary or involuntary - of communities in Buenaventura.
Charter Program Expansion Looms, Despite Probes Into Mismanagement and Closed Schools
Department of Education officials have assured stakeholders that the problems with millions disappearing down black holes is a thing of the past, but this is not the case.
Inside the Power Plant Fueling the US Drought
The Navajo Generating Station is a monument to humanity's outsized confidence that it would always be possible to engineer new solutions to an arid region's environmental limits.
What NAFTA Can Teach Us About the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
NAFTA has served as a template for agreements that cover US “free trade” relations, but opponents maintain it is a cautionary tale of what can go wrong.
Mexico’s Supreme Court Tentatively Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
However, this ruling is not as straightforward as it seems.