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Unions Call for Science-Based Reductions in Greenhouse Gases
Over the past couple of years, the American labor movement has become an enthusiastic supporter of expanding “green jobs” that fight global warming.

World Social Forum: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances
Atlanta, Georgia - With civil society gearing up for the 2010 World Social Forum, and later this summer, the 2010 U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan, activists here say …

US Spending in Afghanistan Plagued by Poor US Oversight
Washington - The U.S. has spent more than $732 million to improve Afghanistan's electrical grid since 2002, but delays and rising costs have plagued many of the projects in …

I See a Quake in Your Future. Sometime
A lucid look at decades of failed attempts to reach seismology's Holy Grail: the precise prediction of when earthquakes will occur. Science is messy. For every step forward on …

The Scum of the Earth
Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, GOP luminaries Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh have once again waded into a catastrophic tragedy with all the care and concern of hammerhead …

Everything Solid Melts: Dickens and Madoff
I am not surprised that since the economic collapse, which began in late 2007, we have not heard mention of Charles Dickens' character Mr. Merdle.

Obama Plans to Ask Congress for Another $33 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
The Obama administration plans to ask Congress for an extra $33 billion to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to an Associated Press report. The $33 billion …

Trade Policy: B
The Obama administration is earning a B on trade policy so far, mostly on the grounds that no news is good news in this area. Some analysts might feel …

Non-Christians Need Not Apply
World vision hires only Christians under its $250 million in government foreign aid grants. Obama promised to change that. So why hasn't he? Bamako, Mali - For a year …

Community in Crisis Looks to Its Agricultural Roots
Taos, New Mexico - Renowned for its historic Native American pueblo, cultural ties to Spain, bohemian artists, and world-class ski resort, Taos is also one of the many communities …