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Top-Down Development: A Climate of Uncertainty Fuels Forced Displacement in Nepal’s Push for Road Expansions
A lack of knowledge certainly does not serve the people, whose interests apparently conflict with those of the developers.
Modern Chaos and the Pleasure of Hidden Greek Treasures
Greece in 2013 is an occupied country. But there's no occupation army anywhere in Greece. Yet the occupation is as real as if barbarians were at the gates.
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Strongman of Egypt: How General Al-Sisi Took the Revolution’s Thunder
The following weeks will paint a clearer picture of the road map for Egypt - as well as the true aims of General al-Sisi as he attempts to steer …
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Another View of the Capitol, Where Jobs Are Top Priority
Now isn't the time to cut the supports the economy needs to grow again and working-class people need to get back on their feet. The No. 1 priority is …
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Bringing Bison and Biodiversity Back to the Prairie
A Montana-based nonprofit is moving to preserve 3.5 million acres of the Great Plains.
Obama’s Syrian “Doomsday Machine“
By setting in motion a possibly catastrophic plan to bomb Syria, President Obama has created what amounts to a ‘doomsday machine’ that could detonate if not disarmed by a …
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Getting Mother Nature’s Drift
Jim Hightower: The lush lawn is dead in the parched Southwest.
On the Fence About Syria? Read This!
A quick reader on why military intervention in Syria is a big mistake - and what we should be advocating instead.
How the Restaurant Lobby Makes Sure Fast-Food Workers Get Poverty Wages
Fast-food workers feed their families on a pittance while the big corporations resist fair pay and sick leave.
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Our Triple Jobs Problem
If you hear somebody talking about the US ‘jobs problem,’ ask them which one they mean, says Alejandro Reuss, who points to three key issues.