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Speeding Up Security: The TSA Wants to Screen Before They Scan
TSA body scanners continue their steady advance into our nation’s airports, but another agency security initiative begins well before travelers ever reach a checkpoint. PreCheck, the TSA’s nascent pre-screening …
Unequal Risks and Benefits for Citizens in Six States on Keystone XL Pipeline Route
If the Keystone XL oil pipeline were approved today, residents in the six states along its route would not receive equal treatment from TransCanada, the company that wants to …
OWS, Egypt Expose Limits of Town Square Test
Many of last year’s most dramatic photographs showed people packing public places to sound off. We saw memorable images of crowds gathering at Tahrir Square to lambast one government …
Occupying Fears About Iran
President Barack Obama speaks about Iran to reporters at the White House on Thursday, October 1, 2009. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times) U.S. behavior …
Unemployment Falls to 8.5 Percent, but Job Growth Remains Weak
The unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in December, the lowest level since the 8.3 percent rate reported for February of 2009, the month that Congress approved the stimulus …
Rebuilding the Pentagon Without Fixing Its Crumbling Foundation: Obama’s Plan for the US Military
(Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Yesterday, President Obama made a rare trip to the Pentagon pressroom to announce the results of a new …
Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 4: Kill the Journalist, Kill the Story, Kill the Truth
It was November 19, 2001, when the bus arrived in Jalalabad, the first real city in Afghanistan after crossing the border from Pakistan at the Khyber Pass. Independent cameraman …
Stop Online Piracy Act Debate Highlights Congress’ Ignorance
When members of Congress earlier this month considered the Stop Online Piracy Act — better known to anyone who actually hangs out on the Internet as #SOPA — the …
“Energy in Depth,” “Counterinsurgency” Tactics and Astroturf “Energy Citizens“
The corporations pushing for expanded “hydraulic fracturing” (“fracking”) for “natural gas” are putting big money into PR campaigns due to growing citizen concerns about this damaging drilling process. At …
Economic Predictions for 2012 to 2013
A worker begins sweeping Times Square after New Year's Eve celebrations ended in New York, January 1, 2012. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) A …