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Why Is the Government Collecting Your Biometric Data?
EFF's Jennifer Lynch discusses the expansion of biometric data collection, the growth of databases and the impact on increased surveillance.

Population Control or Population Justice?
Shrinking the worldu2019s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need to be in control of their own fertility. …

“Are You Here to Save Face – or Save Us?”: Brittany Trilford, 17, Addresses World Leaders at Rio+20
On Wednesday, 17-year-old environmental activist Brittany Trilford of Wellington, New Zealand, addressed more than a hundred heads of state at the opening plenary of the Rio+20 U.N. Earth Summit, …

A Coup in Cairo: As Muslim Brotherhood Claims Election Victory, Military Strips President of Power
Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested Tuesday night in Cairou2019s Tahrir Square in a rally called by the Muslim Brotherhood, expressing outrage over the armyu2019s decree late Sunday that …

Bill Moyers | Follow the Dark Money
The Mother Jones editors talk about the conspiracy of cash that allows the rich to influence our most fundamental political freedoms.

Exclusive: Interview With Chris Hayes
"The tragic irony of the Obama years so far is that he inherited a country that was entering a crisis that the meritocracy produced, one that's bigger than the …

Euro Crisis Used to Destroy Social Contract
Rob Johnson: European adjustments are not the product of a mistake, but a design to break down some of the leftover architecture of the Cold War, which might be …

Louka Katseli: “Economic Policy Must Change”
Louka Katseli was Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping and later Minister for Labour and Social Security in the government of George Papandreou. She rejected the second austerity …

Occupy the Heritage Foundation: How a Conservative Think Tank Aims to Rebrand the American Dream
The Heritage Foundation is clearly taking the Occupy movement seriously and not simply dismissing it like much of the right wing has done.

Bob Pollin: Will Military Budget Cuts Weaken Defense and Lose Jobs?
Bob Pollin: Cuts triggered by the Congressional sequestration process are not as big as Pentagon spin and military spending is an inefficient