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Top Ten Military Spending Nations; Oil Countries Post Biggest Jumps This Decade
Boston - Worldwide military spending jumped 5.9 percent in 2009 to $1.5 trillion, according to a new report that underscores the long-term decision of many countries to prioritize defense. …
Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Video)
Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Part I) Rachel Maddow talks with Michael Bloom, Tulane University, professor of Coastal Marsh Ecology, as they look at …
Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Video) (2)
Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Part I) Rachel Maddow talks with Michael Bloom, Tulane University professor of coastal marsh ecology, as they look at …
BP, Feds Could Make Millions From Runaway Well’s Oil
Washington - BP's runaway deepwater well could still become a moneymaker for the company, even as it tries to stem the gush of crude oil that's fouling the Gulf …
Wealth Gap Yawns and So Do Media
Little interest in study of massive race/gender disparities. The Insight Center for Community Economic Development (3/8/10) released a stunning report about the wealth gap for women of color: Single …
David Sirota | From Shared Sacrifice to Hedonism
After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt delivered a national address making eight references to the “sacrifice” that would be needed in the impending war and three …
Passport Confiscation Still Hounds Migrant Workers
Manama, Bahrain - When Abdulkhaliq Mohammed arrived in Bahrain as a contract labourer 20 years ago, the first thing he did on setting foot in the oil-rich Gulf state …
Unemployment Falls to 9.7 Percent, but Private Sector Job Growth Slows
Excluding Census workers, job growth has just kept pace with the growth in the labor force over the last 3 months.
Endangered Species Act: Noah’s Ark or Titanic?
It's heart breaking and enraging to witness the toxic assault being visited upon the wildlife and the people of the Gulf. Heart-breaking because, as a SCUBA diver, I have …
Inside Hungary’s Anti-Semitic Right Wing
Jobbik supporters: young, web-savvy, history majors? Budapest, Hungary - From the looks of its leafy, downtown campus, Budapest's Karoli Gaspar University appears an unlikely venue to hatch a racist, …