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Stop the Green Tech Coup, Military Industry of the Offensive
Environmental NGO's have been uncritically thumping the green tech funding plank and they're generating funding that could be harder to hold onto than a fistful of sand in the …
Emerging From the Media Fog
Marcel Gauchet pleads for a re-enchantment of the world of information.
Lobbyists Retreat but Never Surrender
George Washington's birthday is approaching and with it will come the attendant mythology: hatchet and cherry tree, wooden teeth, throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River - or …
Haiti: Still Starving 23 Days Later
You can walk down many of the streets of Port-au-Prince and see absolutely no evidence that the world community has helped Haiti. Twenty-three days after the earthquake jolted Haiti …
Surge in Women
The unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent in January, driven by a 0.4 percentage-point drop in the unemployment rate for women to 8.4 percent. The unemployment rate for men …
Bush, Cheney and the Great Escape
With each passing day, it becomes more and more astonishing to encompass the fact that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and their henchmen from the prior administration have managed …
In Iraq, Karbala Bombings Spark Fears of Renewed Sectarian Violence
At least 40 people were killed today in Karbala, where thousands of pilgrims have gathered to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in AD 680. His death marked the …
What the Muslim World Can Teach Us About Nonviolence
It might be a bad dream, but it feels real enough. The mantle of warfare slips seamlessly from one president to another, from one party to another, from one …
Shareholders’ Forced Political Spending
When we make an investment by buying shares in a corporation, are we endorsing the political goals of corporate CEOs or other corporate executives? For most American citizens, the …
Haiti: US Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
Three weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake, nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers joined with key civil society groups here Thursday to urge the Group of Seven (G7) leading western nations to …