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Time to End the Cheney/Halliburton Loophole
Thanks to Dick Cheney's Halliburton loophole, anyone who lives near a fracking site is one of the oil industry's guinea pigs in a giant multi-decade fracking experiment.
The Green Shadow Cabinet Would Veto the Farm Bill
Due to pass into law as soon as this Friday, the bill does little to address poor nutrition, GMO and other unsustainable practices, and dangerous corporate control over the …
Irish Anti-War Activist Jailed
Margaretta is suffering from cancer, but the Irish Fine Gael / Labour Government shows no sign of issuing her a pardon.
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Why We Have a Debt Problem, Part 23
So, we have eleven aircraft carrier groups. No other country in the world has more than one.
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Food Fights, Corporate Trade Agreements, and States’ Rights: Democracy or Corporatocracy?
Perhaps the largest and most dynamic grassroots movement in North America today is the anti-genetic engineering, Millions Against Monsanto food movement.
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US Plummets in Global Press Freedom Rankings
According to a new report from Reporters Without Borders, there was a profound erosion of press freedom in the United States in 2013.
If Obama Orders the CIA To Kill a US Citizen, Amazon Will Be a Partner in Assassination
The relationship means that Amazon is responsible for keeping the CIA's secrets and aggregating data to help the agency do its work. Including drone strikes.
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Better Way To Keep Track of Taxpayer Dollars
The concept is simple: fund what works, dump what doesn't.
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Coal Ash: The Dan River Spill and the Power Industry’s Toxic Legacy
It took Duke Energy more than 24 hours to publicly report the spill of millions of gallons of toxic sludge into the Dan River. It took an additional six …
What Is Climate Geoengineering? Word Games in the Ongoing Debates Over a Definition
The definition of “geoengineering” will determine what technologies and practices will help govern a global-scale climate tweak.