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Obama’s Failure and Richard Perle’s Whitewashing of the Iraq War
Richard Perle's recent statements indicate intellectual degeneration of a group that had once promised a “new Middle East,” only to destabilize the region with violent consequences.
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How to Leapfrog Carbon
The bottom line is that solar power and other renewable forms of energy are the energy of today and of the future, in both developed and developing nations.
Fire in the Eves to Major Conflagration: It’s High Time to Evaluate Burma’s So-called Democratic Reforms
We need to go back to where all the ladders start, at the rag and bone shop of the heart, at the Human Rights level.
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LA Residents Denounce the Deportation of Migrant Youth
These are children the Obama administration are deporting u2013 children who have learned that talk of American compassion was just a rumor.
US Culpability in the Failure of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
It had originally been hoped that the United States would present a binding framework along the lines of what moderate Israeli and Palestinian political leaders had agreed to in …
Major Progressive Coalition of Elected Officials, Labor and Community Groups Announce New Statewide Legislation to Address Unlawful, Racist Marijuana Arrests
Despite Dramatic Drop in Stop and Frisk, NYPD on track to arrest as many people in 2014 as previous year, racial disparities persist.
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Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List
If you downloaded the privacy software Tor in 2011, you may have been flagged to be spied on.
The 25th Hour: Still Living With Jack Bauer in a Terrified New American World
Top officials in the Obama administration didn't think it worth the bother to dismantle the elaborate torture system created in the Bush years.
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Greek Privatization of Key Sectors Meets Strong Opposition
The Greek government recently announced plans to sell a 30 percent share of its Public Power Corporation (PPC), and create a new Small PPC, which will be sold to …
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How Mischief-Makers Built Australia Through Pranks and Protests
In his new book How to Make Trouble and Influence People, Iain McIntyre offers readers an alternative to Australian history.