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Amman, Jordan - King Abdullah II of Jordan fired his government in a surprise move on Tuesday, in the face of a wave of demands of public accountability sweeping …
Democracy or Plutocracy? A Chart
DEMOCRACY PLUTOCRACY We, the People …
One Film to Open Minds
The WMC blog is featuring Progressive Girls’ Voices in dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival, as our girl journalists attend feminist film screenings and interview notable leaders and directors.
Is It Hot in Here? Or Is the Climate Changing?
How do you get people to understand that climate change is occurring? The question frustrates scientists and policymakers, who face a disbelieving public prone to discounting discomforting data.
A New Arab Street in Post-Islamist Times
The popular uprising in Tunisia has surprised many - Western observers, the Arab elites, and even those who have generated this remarkable episode. The surprise seems justified. How could …
Crashing the Koch’s Billionaire Caucus
Oil barons Charles and David Koch held their annual billionaires' summit in Palm Springs on Sunday, Nancy Goldstein reports in The Nation. Every year, the Kochs gather with fellow …
Mark Weisbrot | Spain’s Troubles Are Tied to Eurozone Policies
It has become fashionable since Spain's economy began to decline to make comparisons to Germany, which is rebounding strongly. The idea is that the Germans went through their restructuring, …
Stop the Korea Free Trade Agreement
You would think America had learned its lesson from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which the Labor Department has estimated cost us 525,000 jobs.
Ed Pilkington: Uncloaking the Koch Brothers (Video)
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EcoTipping Points: Strategies for Shifting From Decline to Restoration
Most environmental stories we hear are tales of decline. In complexly interwoven natural systems, one ecological problem, such as loss of a forest, often leads to many others. It …