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Fear, Corporate Profiteering, and Government Expansion of the Security Surveillance State on the US Borderland
Private security companies are making a profit from turning the US/Mexico border into a military zone. Mark Karlin reports.
The US Military, Green Energy and the SPIDERS at Pearl Harbor
Andrew DeWit outlines and analyzes the US Military's latest green energy program.
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Chavez’s Triumph
Some ask: is it really wise to make an entire country, an entire revolution dependent, and reliant on one single man?
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New York Assembly Passes Two Year Fracking Moratorium, Senate Expected to Follow
Could the third time be a charm in 2013 in the Empire State?
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Gun “Background Check” on Pentagon
Norman Solomon: The nation's largest buyer of firearms, the Pentagon, needs a background check if we are to curb gun violence.
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For Some, Owning Guns Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Liking Them
It is these voices of ambivalence that policy makers say are likely to be drowned out by the passion at the extreme ends.
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Jack Lew, Citigroup and the Ugland Truth
In 2009, Obama said of the Cayman tax haven Ugland House, “either this is the largest building in the world or the largest tax scam in the world.”
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Letter From Bulgaria: What’s Taking Us to the Streets?
Protests are waging in Bulgaria, but the media will not cover the demonstrations. Here is a first-hand account of one Bulgarian's grievances.
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If Women Were in Charge
While women have made great strides across the globe and right here in the United States, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done.
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A Tougher Time for Homosexuals: Review of “Robert Duncan in San Francisco“
Michael Rumacker's new memoir, Robert Duncan in San Francisco, provides a harrowing picture of what life was like for a homosexual man in that city before the Castro became …