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Unconstitutional Searches and an Unaccountable Government
The U.S. border may be the next battleground for press freedom.
Five Ways the Government Shutdown Hurts Women Most
Despite Republicans insistance that Democrats are “focused on birth control and sex rather than making sure the government doesn't shut down,” it's becoming clear that women will be harmed …
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: We Won’t Be Fooled by Rigged Corporate Trade Agreements
The trade agreement President Obama will be urging this week be passed on a fast track that will not give Congress time to read and study it, the Trans …
The Dark Side of Consumerism: What Landfills and Nursing Homes Taught These Indian Villagers
Glamorized consumer culture has serious side effects - and to help people in remote Indian villages understand this, one filmmaker brought them to the West. Here's what they thought …
The IRS Scandal That Wasn’t
In reality, this is a story about how bureaucratic bungling was turned into scandal by right wing politicians desperate to spin gold from straw.
A World in Which No One Is Listening to the Planet’s Sole Superpower: The Greater Middle East’s Greatest Rebuff to Uncle Sam
Contrary to US rhetoric, it seems the Middle East could be the force shifting the international political tide.
Debt Default: The Only Way to Get to Full Employment?
Fears that the dollar could lose its status as the world's reserve currency could actually be good news.
Hypocritical Smoke: The Scandal of Medical Waste Incineration
When studies have shown that waste incinerators are serious public health hazards, why does the US continue to incinerate particularly toxic medical waste?
The Impact and Echoes of the Walmart Discrimination Case
Two years later, it is becoming clear just how much the ruling has reshaped the American legal landscape.
Still Chasing Ghosts: A New Genetic Methodology Will Not Find the “Missing Heritability“
If traits such as intelligence are reported to be 50 percent heritable, goes the theory, why have no genes associated with intelligence been identified?