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Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining Hits “Deep Down“
In the opening minutes of their documentary Deep Down, filmmakers Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen take us down a winding back road in eastern Kentucky. It’s fall, and the …
Mark Weisbrot | French Protesters Have It Right: No Need to Raise Retirement Age
This article was previously published in The Guardian. By taking to the streets to defend their pension rights from regressive cuts, the French are fighting for all …
Digging in for the Long Haul in Afghanistan: How Permanent Are America’s Afghan Bases?
Some go by names steeped in military tradition like Leatherneck and Geronimo. Many sound fake-tough, like Ramrod, Lightning, Cobra, and Wolverine.
Froma Harrop | What Was Wrong With the Auto Bailout? Nothing
Among the mysteries of public opinion, this one most strains the brain: Why do so many Americans think the government rescue of Detroit automakers was a bad — nay, …
Candidates Ignore the Media, but It’s Voters Who Stand to Lose
Washington - Many major candidates are treating the news media as enemies this year, refusing to release schedules, admit the press to campaign events, give interviews or answer routine …
“Natural” Gas Industry Shills Use the Media to Mislead the Public – Here’s How to Spot Them
In papers everywhere we hear arguments such as the one that appeared recently in the Rochester (NY) Business Journal, in an article by economist Raymond J. Keating, under the …
Racism, a Top-Down Passion
"'State racism' and ‘left’ intellectual racism together produce a ‘conflation of the migrant, immigrant, backward, Islamist, male chauvinist and terrorist,’ philosopher Jacques Ranciere explained Saturday, September 11 at Montreuil …
What the US Undid for Women in Iraq
London - Sanjay Suri interviews Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, executive director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund The U.S.-led invasion and then occupation of Iraq brought a sharp setback …
“Cyberwarfare” Will Blur the Edges of War, Particularly if NATO Recognizes Cyber-Attacks as a Trigger to Start Shooting
The question first came up when Estonian government servers went down in 2007, under a “denial-of-service” attack that seemed — but was never proven — to come officially from …
Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates Military’s Gay Ban
Washington - A federal appeals court in California temporarily reinstated “don't ask, don't tell” while it considers an Obama administration appeal of a lower court judge's ruling that the …