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The Geology Underlying the Devastating Haiti Earthquake
The same earthquake fault that lies under Haiti also runs through the Dominican Republic. Geologists warn that the Haiti quake – at the Enriquilla-Plantain Garden Fault – may have …

Impassioned Pleas Dominate Opening of California’s Same-Sex Marriage Trial
On the first day of a landmark federal trial concerning the right of same-sex couples to marry, David Boies, the high-profile constitutional attorney representing Proposition 8 challengers, opened the …

My Crazy Trip to a Goldman Sachs Executive’s Brazilian Slave Plantation, or Why We Need a Special Prosecutor
I have made friends with a lot of people in my life. But as working-class kid from Pittsburgh, perhaps my most unusual friendship was with a Goldman Sachs executive, …

Activists Worried About “Secret” Internet Treaty
Mexico City - An international treaty to combat copyright infringement and piracy, being negotiated by Mexico and other countries, could curtail expansion of the internet, violate people's rights to …

Three Holy Wars
The Progressive 100th Anniversary Speech in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Matt Rothschild: For all his fame he's more humble, or as I told him once, he fakes it …

Sailing a Liferaft Into Gaza
As I write this, I am still in Cairo. The Gaza Freedom March is officially over - most delegates flew home January 3-5. There are about 30 of us …

Lobbyists Aided Alaska’s Murkowski in Writing EPA Limits Bill
Washington - Two lobbyists had a hand in writing language proposed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that could curtail the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate major emitters of greenhouse …

Why We Will March in Arizona
The United States currently faces a crisis that it must resolve while preserving its character as a nation of immigrants. This begins with recognizing and respecting the dignity and …

Dirty Truths About Iraq
“... security in Iraq may not be sustainable unless significant steps are taken to uphold the rule of law and human rights ...” - Human Rights Report of the …

The Truth, Crudely Put
Washington - Skin color among African-Americans is not to be discussed in polite company, so Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's newly disclosed remark about President Obama — that voters …