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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 …
The Race for the Future of Newark Public Schools
The degree of free-market education “reform” for Newark's schools has become a key issue in Tuesday's hotly contested mayoral race.
The Road to Ruin: Can We Afford the Anti-Tax Movement?
Privatizing infrastructure improvements depends on public money - and a lot of it, points out Ellen Dannin.
Cornealious “Mike” Anderson and Mandatory Sentences
Considering the decimation of families and communities brought about by mass incarceration, what is the societal value of locking up people for such amounts of time?
The Three Faces of Drone War: Speaking Truth From the Robotic Heavens
Some people who have been involved in drone assassination campaigns in distant parts of the world, using the fruits of the NSA's electronic surveillance, are hoping to draw attention …
Censorship Is The Norm – An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson and Janet Amighi
Washington, and more local American governments as well, often censor citizens.