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How Parasite Corporations Like Pfizer Are Chucking US Citizenship to Escape From Taxes
Relocating to a country with a lower tax rate is one way giant corporations like Pfizer disregard their fellow Americans.
Murder in the “Coal” Mines
On 13th of May 2014 Turkey faced with the biggest coal mine explosion in the countryu2019s history. It is reported that there are more than a thousand mine workers …
Challenging Bullets, Not Boycotts: Education Under Occupation in Palestine
Responses to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement must prioritize Palestinians' right to academic freedom to be morally consistent.
Mothering Between A Rock and Prison
This Mother's Day, Shanesha Taylor, a 25-year old homeless and unemployed mother, will be fighting for her freedom and her children for committing the unspeakable crime: trying to feed …
For US Mothers, Conservative Policies Can Be Deadly
For much of the last decade, maternal mortality rates have declined globally. But in the United States, they have consistently increased and are now at one of the highest …
Dahr Jamail | “Devastating” Impacts of Climate Change Increasing
A massive collapse of an ice sheet in Western Antarctica has begun and, according to scientists, is most likely an unstoppable event that will cause an inevitable rise in …
Dina Rasor | Your Must-Do Assignment for 2014: Read This Chart and Pass It On
Will you share this chart showing that the US is grossly spending more than all our perceived enemies combined?
Instead of Twitter-Hashtag US Should Try Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The virtual world of geopolitics was recently electrified when Jen Psaki, President Barack Obama's State Department spokeswoman, confronted Russia and President Vladimir Putin by tweeting a warning.
Peru’s Conga Mine Conflict: Cajamarca Won’t Capitulate
The fight over the Conga mining project is one of Peru's largest current social conflicts.
Ignoring a Solution to Chronic Drug Shortages
Since shortages of critical drugs became a fixture of the American medical landscape a decade ago, pundits have proposed an array of incentives to encourage more production from pharmaceutical …