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Big Oil’s War on the Sun
Remember “Peak Oil?” Neither does anyone else. That’s because the operational theory of why, at the turn of the century, Big Oil tightened its grip on the political system and used …
Farmland – the New “Blood Diamonds” in Sierra Leone?
Large investors have leased close to 23 percent of Sierra Leone's arable land.
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Organizing on Both Sides of the Border
Activists around the country are organizing in support of immigrant rights. Martina Molina reports.
OECD: Inequality Rising Faster than Ever
The Great Recession has widened the gap between the developed worldu2019s affluent and everyone else.
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US for First Time Acknowledges Role in Deaths of Americans in Drone Strikes
The Obama administration sought to justify the killing of only one and said nothing about the other three.
Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits
Tom Engelhardt: It's time to talk bluntly about the terrarists of our world.
The Supreme Court Empowers Employers to Lock Out Workers
The Supreme Court defied the expressed purposes of the NLRA by empowering employer lockouts.
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Resistance in Ohio, Fracking’s Dumping Ground
Ohio has become a fracking dumping ground, with 179 wells absorbing more than 1 billion gallons of hazardous wastewater from the process from several states, and now legislators and …
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London’s Violent Spectacle: What is to be Gained by Calling it Terror?
There is nothing to be gained by labeling Wednesday's brutal attack in London.
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The Capone Moment: Could LIBOR Fracture the International Banking Cartel?
The crimes of the modern banking industry can be compared to the rule of mafia mobs of the 1920s.