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Nuclear Plants Back in Vogue, as Climate Bill Stalls
Washington - After decades of debate, the United States is poised to build its first new nuclear reactors since the early 1970s. Speaking at a job training centre northeast …
NOW | Will Angry Voters Toss Out the Incumbents This Fall?
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Tell Me: What Is Maya?
The masses are taught the ideal of a moral life, but the individual is taught the inner life. - Moebirman “But what,” my new friend says, "if it …
Team America Kills Five Kids in Marjah
“Civilian casualties are inevitable,” said US officials before launching their weekend military assault on Marjah in southern Afghanistan, and in this case, they were telling the truth. Yesterday, The …
No Fantasy: India’s Dongria Kondh Live Out “Avatar” Scenario
The Dongria Kondh reside far from the studios of Hollywood. Its 8,000 members live in little dried mud houses covered with palm leaves, with neither electricity nor television, withdrawn …
On the Front Lines of the Climate Change Movement: Mike Roselle Draws a Line
The beard is graying. The hair is clipped military-short. He is a large man, oddly shaped, like a cross between a grizzly and a javelina. It's Roselle, of course, …
News Overview: Obama Selects Sharp Tongue for Deficit-Cutting Panel
Obama Lines Up Deficit Commission
Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek
Dick Cheney is a sadist. On Sunday, in an exclusive interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News' “This Week,” Cheney proclaimed his love of torture, derided the Obama administration …
Jim Hightower | Greed Trophy Up for Grabs
By gollies, the top executives of health insurance corporations are not giving up without a fight! To paraphrase every high school football coach who ever lived, "When the going …
Obama’s Chance to Be Next FDR or Reagan Fading Fast
Washington - President Barack Obama's dream of being a historically transformational figure like Franklin D. Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan may be slipping from his grasp. To be sure, he's …