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Secret Recording of Erik Prince Reveals Previously Undisclosed Blackwater Ops
Investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill obtains a rare audio recording of a recent, private speech delivered by Erik Prince, the owner of Blackwater, to a friendly …
The 2010 Oil Spill and Our Ecological Debt to Louisiana
On April 20, 2010, an rig named Deepwater Horizon, operated by the oil giant BP, exploded off the coast of Louisiana killing 11 workers and forcing the evacuation of …
Soybean Wars
The campesino struggle for land and President Lugo’s halfhearted effort to take a stand as a handful of omnipresent agroindustries make their mark on Paraguayan society and its economy.
Jim Hightower | What a Holy Mess Our Oil Addiction Is Causing
Luckily, as our country tries to cope with another oozing oil disaster, we have political leaders with the insight, expertise and cool heads to analyze the problem precisely and …
Louisiana Lawmakers: BP Can’t Handle Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Anymore
Calls are mounting for the state of Louisiana and the federal government to wrest control of the Gulf oil spill cleanup from BP. Two lawmakers say BP seems ‘overwhelmed.’ …
Louisiana Lawmakers: BP Can’t Handle Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Anymore (2)
Calls are mounting for the state of Louisiana and the federal government to wrest control of the Gulf oil spill cleanup from BP. Two lawmakers say BP seems ‘overwhelmed.’ …
Senate Votes 96-0 to Audit Fed
Washington - The Senate voted 96 to 0 Tuesday to open the secretive Federal Reserve Board's emergency lending practices to a congressional audit, as well as require a detailed …
Authenticating the Inauthentic
In recent years, much of our economy - and now, almost the entirety of our media - has come to rest on the public display of authenticity: ads that …
Paul Loeb: What It Means to Be a Citizen
Paul Loeb has spent decades exploring and writing about community involvement and citizen activism. In 1999, he wrote the book, "Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in Challenging …
Ira Chernus | Why Are So Many Americans Scared of Undocumented Immigrants?
As long as our national life revolves around unrealistic, hyped-up fears of “foreign invaders” and “illegal aliens,” we all lose.