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US Chamber Contributors Almost Completely Secret, Public Citizen Study Finds
A new Public Citizen report shows the vast majority of the U.S. Chamber's annual expenditures comes from undisclosed sources.
Billionaires: Decline of the West, Rise of the Rest
Gone are the days when the U.S. accounted for over 40 percent of the world's billionaires, with Western Europe and Japan making up most of the rest.
Perpetual War: How Does the Global War on Terror Ever End?
This epilogue to Scahill's bestselling book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, is posted with the kind permission of its publisher, Nation Books.
X-Ray of a Flagging Presidency: Will Obama Block the Keystone Pipeline or Just Keep Bending?
The Keystone XL pipeline is a pivotal issue for Obama's administration that will gauge how many will view his political legacy.
Pakistan Drone Story Ignored Military Opposition to Strikes
The Pakistani military leadership had turned decisively against the drone war for years and has been strongly pressing in meetings with U.S. officials that Pakistan be given a veto …
Japan’s Cut-Price Nuclear Cleanup
The men responsible for cleaning up the plant are suffering from plummeting morale, health problems and deep anxiety about the future.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Trade Agreement for Protectionists
The TTP once again creates wealth for the ruling class under the guise of free trade.
Who Buys the Spies? The Hidden Corporate Cash Behind America’s Out-of-Control National Surveillance State
“The 2012 election proved to be a post-modern thriller, in which the main characters everyone thought they knew abruptly turned into their opposites” as America still struggles with the …
Afghanistan’s Future Depends on Majority Will, Pakistan and World Cooperation
After four decades of war, a global consensus over Afghanistan and reforms in the Pakistani statehood, with the United Nation's help, is needed following US withdrawal.
To Wrench or Not to Wrench: A Brief History of Direct Action in the Environmental Movement and its Potential Consequences, Ethical Implications, and Effectiveness
Within the environmental movement, the question remains whether to use legal means of activism or extralegal guerrilla tactics.