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David Vine decided to make sense of what garrisoning the planet means to our pocketbooks.

The Progressive Caucus has laid down these six principles for tax reform.

Strike fever isn't just for Walmart workers anymore.

Residents are losing sleep - and more - in the shadow of the fracking rigs.

States loosen marijuana laws but the federal government's continued prohibition means a boom in marijuana smuggling, drug-war violence and mass criminalization. Is it time to change direction?

Both Republican and Democratic plans for the economy leave the system that produced this crisis and will produce more crises unchanged. There IS an alternative, argues economist Rick Wolff.

Education is a recession-proof industry that will always be in high demand, but the rush to privatize it could destroy public schools and take the middle class down with …

‘It's very clear that countries’ economic interests dominate the negotiations,' said an environmental NGO leader from Central America.

In reality, the ‘revolt’ in Syria, totally managed by foreign countries and their intelligence services, was a proxy war which only needed Syrians to serve as local color.

Assad regime moved some of its unconventional weapons, but it's possible that was a measure to keep them from extremists in the rebel ranks.