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The Third Carbon Age: Don’t for a Second Imagine We’re Heading for an Era of Renewable Energy
Humanity is pioneering the third great carbon era, the Age of Unconventional Oil and Gas.
State-Sanctioned Rape in Texas: Business as Usual
Cops are performing illegal body cavity searches while rape and sexual assault remains rampant in jails and prisons.
Presidential Pardon for Bradley Manning: An Interview With Jill Stein
The Green Shadow Cabinet calls on President Obama to pardon Bradley Manning for his courageous work exposing U.S. war crimes and State Department deception.
What National Interest? An Analysis
President Obama and his congressional colleagues are carrying on an established, yet clearly dangerous, tradition of U.S. foreign policy — the mixing up of national interest and the parochial …
New Zealand Becomes First Country in the World to Legally Regulate New Drugs
New Zealandu2019s Parliament enacted a landmark law two weeks ago that will regulate and control u2013 rather than criminalize u2013 so-called u201cbath saltsu201d and other new synthetic drugs.
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Broad US Terror Alert Mystifies Experts; “It’s Crazy Pants,” One Says
Counterterrorism experts note that the alert covers an incongruous set of nations from the Middle East to an island off the southern coast of Africa.
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Life at Louisiana’s Toxic Sinkhole: An Eco-Disaster Continues With No End in Sight
A year after a toxic sinkhole caused by one of Texas Brine's salt caverns either drove neighborhood homeowners in Louisiana out of their houses or left them with ongoing …
Egypt Under Empire: Dancing Between Dictatorship and Democracy
Real democracy in the Arab world is not in the American interest.
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The Courage of Bradley Manning Will Inspire Others to Seize Their Moment of Truth
John Pilger: Bradley Manning is a principled whistleblower and truth-teller who has been vilified and tortured.
Judges’ “Mitigation of Damages” Doctrine Harms Injured Employees
Judicial amendment to the NLRA violates public and personal rights by denying wrongfully fired employees legal remedies.