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This Is What Border Enforcement Actually Looks Like
Conservative media figures have used border security as a sticking point against which to derail reform, but here are the facts on border enforcement.
The Brief Wondrous Life (and Long Dangerous Half-Life) of Strontium-90
Strontium-90 - and other nuclear byproducts linked to significant suffering, disease and death - will linger in our soil and water, our tissue and bone, for generations. Recent leaks …
Peace Talk and War Budget
Instead of budgeting for new nuclear weapons, the US government should be taking demonstrable actions further to its responsibilities under the Non Proliferation Treaty to abolish these weapons for …
Independence From Terror
“Do you have any idea how we can find independence from the corporate–state terror?” asks activist Subhankar Banerjee.
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Forcing Down the Bolivian President’s Plane Was an Act of Piracy
John Pilger: Imagine the outrage if this act of state terrorism and air piracy was carried out on a ‘Western’ leader.
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Privacy Is Lost, And We Are All To Blame
When full-body scanners were introduced at American airports three years ago, there was a brief public outcry. But just as quickly, it died down. Travelers interviewed shrugged off the …
Interview with Lieutenant of the Free Syrian Army
A clean-shaven man in a fresh-pressed shirt and spotless dress shoes is waiting outside a hospital for Syrian refugees as I walk out the door. We start talking about …
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Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the Earth?
Noam Chomsky: The legitimacy of borders - of states, for that matter - is at best conditional and temporary.
Want to Reduce the National Debt? Find More Workers
The fiscal costs of immigration reform is analyzed.
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Egyptians Defend Military as Morsi Remains in Custody, Top Brotherhood Officer Seized
The social and political collided in Egypt as President Morsi was overthrown, and the head of the Muslim brotherhood was arrested.