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In Mexico’s Baja, Worry that a “New Cancun” May Harm Reef
Cabo Pulmo, Mexico - What's happened at the Cabo Pulmo marine reserve off the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula is fishy — in a good way. …
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America’s “New Normal” Is Anything But
As the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan looms, America approaches a decade of continuous and expanding wars, both declared and undeclared, in at least four countries. …
The Phony Solyndra Solar Scandal
Solyndra Solyndra was a startup solar-power equipment manufacturer based in Fremont, California that went bankrupt at the end of August. The company's solar collectors used a special …
Exclusive: Excerpt From Barry Eisler’s New Book “The Detachment“
Barry Eisler, author of “The Detachment.” (Photo courtesy of Barry Eisler) Truthout: Barry Eisler, good to have you here with an excerpt from “The Detachment” on the …
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Lehman Three Years Later: What We Haven’t Learned
As we prepare to celebrate the third anniversary of the Lehman bankruptcy and the ensuing financial crisis, it’s a good time to assess the situation and ask what has …
US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange
A defoliant spray run is conducted by a UC-123B Provider aircraft as part of Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War. (Photo: USAF) Introduction On …
America and Oil: Declining Together?
America and Oil. As the old song lyric went, you can't have one without the other.
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A Constant Flow of Bad News for Europe and the US
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) In the United States, we have zero job growth, with unemployment still at nosebleed levels, according to a …
Over 56 Million Americans Live in Poverty – How Census Bureau Propaganda Ignores the Suffering of 10 Million Impoverished Americans
Here we go again. The government and corporate media are pumping out more propaganda on vital economic statistics to mask the severity of our economic crisis. Deceptive unemployment, GDP, …
Targeting Dissent
Protesters at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 1, 2008. (Photo: hanskuder) How little - yet how much - has changed in the last …