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Infrastructure Sticker Shock: Financing Costs More Than Construction
Funding infrastructure through bonds doubles the price or worse. Costs can be cut in half by funding through the state's own bank.
VA Scandal: Is Obama’s Whistleblower Button Reset?
After the VA scandal of manipulating appointments for health care access to our veterans is “resolved,” will the first causality be the VA whistleblowers who have gone public?
Our Words Are Our Weapons: The Feminist Battle of the Story in the Wake of the Isla Vista Massacre
The struggle has been and will be long and harsh and sometimes ugly, and the backlash against feminism remains savage, strong, and omnipresent, but it is not winning.
Brazil’s World Cup 2014: Private Security “Made in the USA“
Security has become a market in itself, and only those who can pay have access to it.
Mexico’s Oil Privatization: Risky Business
Mexico's oil privatization scheme will hurt the environment, scar the landscape, and leave Mexico at the mercy of transnational firms.
California’s Leading GOP Candidate for Secretary of State Vague on Polling Place Photo ID Laws
The leading contender for California secretary of state has a wobbly history on voter ID laws.
Pope Francis in Palestine
Pope Francis' seemingly impromptu prayer at Israel's Apartheid Wall hinted at a radical critique of Israel in an otherwise carefully orchestrated trip.
“Black Women’s Blueprint” Helps Low-Income Women Get By, Through Bartering
The Black Women's Blueprint is a group that now anchors a bartering network, savings pool and several other cooperative projects.
Social Security Threatens to Close All Field Offices
Answers have never been farther than your local Social Security office, where employees are extensively trained to give you accurate and helpful answers. There's a reason Social Security is …
The State Department’s Ukraine Fiasco
The State Department's handling of the Ukraine crisis may go down as a textbook diplomatic fiasco, doing nothing to advance genuine US interests while disrupting cooperation with Moscow and …