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For the First Time, US to Lease Offshore Wind Blocks
The US is thought to have around 4,000 gigawatts of offshore wind potential - almost four times the country's current electricity production of all types.
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The Price of Immigration Reform Is Steep
The Senate's proposed bill further transforms our immigration policy into a corporate labor supply system.
The Impossible Community: An Interview With John P. Clark on Grassroots Revolution
In light of the obvious destructive effects of systems within which we are obliged to strive for quantity of goods for one over quality of life for all, we …
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Sweetheart Deferred Prosecution Deals for Swiss Banks in the Works
Former chief economist at McKinsey & Co., James Henry, says it's time for the Justice Department to bring down the hammer on tax evasion.
“The Awakening That’s Happening”: Local, Sustainable Food
Examples in the movement to create local, sustainable food systems are virtually endless. Here are just a few.
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Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now
The war on drugs is like the classic mafia protection racket: our government creates a perpetual problem and then charges us exorbitantly to ‘protect’ us from it.
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It’s Time to Do Away With Homeland Security
Thom Hartmann: Repeal the PATRIOT Act, dissolve the DHS and let's return to sanity.
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Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre; Has Anything Happened Since?
Human rights researchers who originally uncovered the case say they've seen no evidence of an active investigation.
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Pentagon May Be Wasting a Billion Dollars a Year in Erroneous Payments to Contractors
Check-writing mistakes are said to be huge, but the military is not tracking the problem closely enough to know for sure.
US Inequality Now Literally Off the Chart
Among the world's major nations, documents the UN agency dedicated to labor matters, only one currently has a level of inequality both high and rising.