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Companies Creating American Jobs? “We’ve Seen This Dance Before“
Companies say they are being patriotic and responsible by bringing jobs and manufacturing back to the US. Is it true?
In Scahill Documentary, Blowback May Be Biggest, Most Dangerous Legacy of US Dirty Wars
The film is a punch in the gut, confirmation that perpetual war now exists regardless of which party is in power.
“The Revolution Is Going to Be Fought With the Hoe”: Agriculture and Environment in New Mexico
New Mexicans are focused on creating a ‘regional foodshed,’ a local food ecosystem that bases its boundaries on ecological parameters like water flow, rather than on arbitrary state lines.
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Oil Industry Must Pay for Its Waste
If President Obama really wants to do what's necessary to save our planet, he needs to propose a carbon tax in his climate change speech at Georgetown tomorrow.
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As Whistleblowers Hunted Worldwide, Celebrating Another Rebel, From Apartheid Era
Rebels at the inception of struggle are vilified, and few in number - but they don't always stay that way.
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Henry A. Giroux | Challenging Casino Capitalism and Authoritarian Politics in the Age of Disposability
There is by now an overwhelming catalogue of evidence revealing the depth and breadth of the corporate- and state-sponsored assaults being waged against democracy in the United States.
Dirty Wars or: How Your Dead Family is Just “Collateral Damage”
The NSA continues to wiretap our phone lines. The military tosses whistleblowers into solitary confinement pre-trial. Domestic drones soar above our cities. No matter one's political affiliation, the government's …
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National Security Journalism on Trial
Freedom of the press in the United States is on trial behind a curtain. In the court martial of WikiLeaks whistleblower Private First Class Bradley Manning, government prosecutors are …
Supreme Court Decision Places Arbitration Above Class Actions
The U.S. Supreme Court today, in American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant, issued another stinging blow to consumers, employees and small businesses injured by corporate wrongdoing. The decision increases …
Government Agrees to Provide Ongoing Access to Court Documents in Bradley Manning Trial
Last night, a federal district court dismissed a lawsuit by the Center for Constitutional Rights after the U.S. government voluntarily agreed to provide ongoing access to documents in the …