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US: Paper Mill Is Reborn, Sans Fossil Fuels
Park Falls, Wisconsin - A paper mill that runs without fossil fuels and has a neutral carbon footprint? That's the goal for Flambeau River Papers in Park Falls, Wisconsin, …
Robert Reich | The Housing Crisis and Wall Street Shame
One out of four homeowners is now under water, owing more on their homes than the homes are worth. Why? The biggest single factor behind the housing crisis is …
Burma: Nobel Laureate Stiglitz to Advise Junta on Poverty
The list of high-profile foreigners heading to Burma to engage and advise the country’s military regime is about to get longer. The latest due to join that flow is …
Washington’s Newest Gravy Train: High-Speed Rail
Stimulus funds create lobbying frenzy, but will anything result? The U.S. High Speed Rail Association's October conference opened like any large Washington gathering. The congressmen were seated in the …
Climate Change: Commonwealth Champions Adaption Fund
Port of Spain, Trinidad - South African President Jacob Zuma admits that before to coming to Trinidad for the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), he met with …
As Treasury Department Stumbles, Liberals Push Tougher Measures to Stem Foreclosures
With today's scheduled announcement by the Treasury Department of new efforts to pressure lenders to lower mortgage costs, progressive economists, advocacy groups and legislators are pushing for tougher measures …
Hondurans Elect Pepe Lobo as President
A cattle rancher and former congressman appeared headed for an easy victory Sunday in presidential elections that Hondurans hope would end the worst political crisis here in decades. Early …
An Open Letter to President Obama From Michael Moore
Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, …
Norman Solomon | The Hollow Politics of Escalation
An underlying conceit of the new spin about benchmarks and timetables for Afghanistan is the notion that pivotal events there can be choreographed from Washington. So, a day ahead …
Housing Meltdown, Ground Zero: The American Home-Owning Dream on Life Support
I. Rescuing the Dream At the end of a week in mid-October when the Dow Jones soared past 10,000, Goldman Sachs recorded “just another fantastic quarter” with a …