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British Police Arrest Rebekah Brooks in Phone Hacking Scandal
The final edition of The News of the World. The once top-selling Sunday tabloid ordered the hacking of the phone of a 13-year-old girl, Milly Dowler, who was abducted …
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Confused Strategy: How the PA Sold Out Palestinian Unity
If you happen to be a Palestinian government employee, chances are you will receive only half your usual salary this month. The other half will only be available when …
After Fukushima: Winning the Battle for Hearts and Minds in Britain and Japan
With no end in sight to the world’s worst atomic power crisis in a quarter of a century, collusion between Japan’s nuclear industry and its supposedly neutral government watchdogs …
Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico’s Drug War
A Mexican federal police officer patrols the streets of Acapulco, Mexico, January 28, 2011. (Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas / The New York Times) Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a …
G20: Speculation and Agricultural Price Volatility
The G20 agriculture ministers dodged most of the tough issues in their meeting last month in Paris, leaving the heavy lifting on France’s ambitious G20 agenda to finance ministers …
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You Can’t Kill a Planet and Live on It, Too
(Image: LP / Truthout; Adapted: Bruce Irving, Paul Bratcher) Let's expose the structure of violence that keeps the world economy running. With an entire planet …
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State Fracking Rules Could Allow Drilling Near New York City Water Supply Tunnels
The latest draft of guidelines for hydraulic fracturing in New York could open the door to drilling within 1,000 feet of aging underground tunnels that carry water to New …
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Slow Flow of Immigrants Already Impacting California Farms?
The number of immigrants illegally crossing into the United States from Mexico has declined according to a new study, and some California farmers are already seeing the effects on …
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How Important is Class Size After All?
(Photo: D'Arcy Norman / Flickr) At a dinner honoring Mark Hopkins, president of Williams College from 1836 to 1872, President James A. Garfield said, “The ideal college …
Violence Against Migrant Women Won’t End After DSK Case
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former leader of the International Monetary Fund, appears in court for an arraignment over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a maid in New York, May …