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Do Humans Have a Madness Gene That Will Ensure the End of the Planet as We Know It?
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert explores the likely extinction of a massive number of species - because of the destructive practices of humans - in the book "The Sixth Extinction: An …
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The Last Link Between America’s Plutocratic Past and Present Has Left Us
Bunny Mellon died recently at 103 and was called the “last standing American aristocrat.” Few Americans today, thanks to widening inequality will enjoy the longevity she did.
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On Climate Impasse: Appetite and Substitutes
Subhankar Banerjee makes the connection between climate change and inaction on it, and other US social problems.
Memo: Comparison of Trans-Pacific Partnership Fast Track Polling Data
As President Obama prepares for his long-delayed April trip to Asia, corporate lobbyists and other supporters of the massive 12 nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal have released deceiving …
The Turn of the Key
Poem on nuclear weapons by David Krieger
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It’s Time To Put America First
It's time for our elected representatives to start following the principles laid out in our Constitution and help everyday Americans struggling to make ends meet.
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Selling a Lemon
President Obama sounds for all the world like a used car salesman trying to peddle a lemon, and that will not happen on our watch.
US Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa
Since its inception, US Africa Command has consistently downplayed its role on the continent.
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A Book That Needed To Be Written
What we need, I have often thought, is a companion book for students in Economics 101, one that points out the problems with the standard material that is covered …
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The Time for Obama To Pardon Snowden Is Now
One step towards winning back the public's trust would be to grant Edward Snowden a full pardon.