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The Dilemma of US Engagement in Yemen: How to Avoid Our Most Perennial Policy Blunders
Largely neglected by the Bush administration, Yemen has become a key priority for the Obama administration.
Judge Lifts Stay on Overturning California Gay Marriage Ban
A federal judge lifted a temporary stay preventing same-sex couples in California from getting legally married, but gay couples cannot be married yet - the stay will remain in …
Gulf Health Problems Blamed on Dispersed Oil
Dauphin Island, Alabama - BP says it is no longer using toxic dispersants to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Gulf Coast residents claim otherwise, and say …
Obama Administration Sued over Secrecy Surrounding Nuclear Power Subsidies
After President Obama announced back in February that his administration would provide $8.3 billion in taxpayer-financed loan guarantees to the Southern Company to build two new nuclear reactors at …
Zimbabwe Restarts Diamond Sales Amid “Blood Diamond” Accusations
Zimbabwe reentered the legal diamond market this week with Tuesday's $72 million sale of 900,000 carats of the gems. The sale was supervised by an international ‘blood diamond’ watchdog …
Is Wall Street Making Life or Death Decisions?
Is your health insurance company traded on Wall Street? If so, is Wall Street deciding your medical care? It's hard to recall that for-profit corporations were once kept out …
News in Brief: Crucial Upcoming Elections in Afghanistan Face International Scrutiny, and More
Crucial Upcoming Elections in Afghanistan Face International Scrutiny
The Gulf at the Gas Station: Can We Calculate the True Cost of Our Dependence on Oil?
This might be an opportune time to make a disclosure: I am a BP shareholder. Admittedly, I’ve never attended the company’s annual meeting, and if I did, I would …
The Roots of the GOP’s Birth Citizenship Mania
Republican leaders have spent the last couple of weeks reigniting a 140-year-old constitutional debate: Whether the 14th Amendment should grant citizenship to everyone born inside United States territory. South …
“Neoliberalism and the Academic-Industrial Complex“
A recently published New York Times article entitled “The Academic-Industrial Complex” (July 31, 2010) outlines the growing trend of university presidents and other senior university officials serving on corporate …