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God’s Realtors: Israeli Settlements and the Roadblock to Peace
With the recent announcement by the Netanyahu government that it intends to build 1,200 more settlement homes on disputed land in the West Bank u2013 even in the face …
When I Sued the FBI – and Won
During the last three months, we have been learning a great deal about massive and continuing wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of hundreds of millions of Americans …
Municipal Workers in Bankrupt Cities Facing Financial Nightmare
An organized effort in the 1970s by what then was the extreme right wing has succeeded in making hatred of all things government, including government workers, a mainstream view.
Teenagers in Space: Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Rambo, Red Dawn, and How a Tale of American Triumphalism Was Returned to the Child’s World (Part 2)
In the new war play universe, you did need a scorecard to tell the players apart.
Our Growing Racial Wealth Gap
Researchers have found that when you factor race into the equation, the economic gap is even more pronounced.
A Cold War Bias Toward Russia
President Obama and the mainstream U.S. press are blaming Russian President Putin for the breakdown in bilateral relations, but this simplistic view ignores the many U.S. government actions over …
With Iran US Is Stuck in False Dilemma
Like Longine Symphonettes that once played over and over again, the U.S. is again playing a “false dilemma” record with Iran. When President Hassan Rouhan offered an olive branch …
Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy Economy Is Inevitable
While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly we will get there.
Beatings and Threats: Odyssey of a Prisoner-Advocate, From Virginia to Texas
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is a prisoner-journalist, political organizer, and advocate, who the Virginia, Oregon, and Texas prison authorities would very much like to silence, permanently. If that sounds ominous, …
Obama’s Sacrifice Zone: Whistleblowers in the Crosshairs of “National Security”
For the current demonization of Edward Snowden and whistleblowers to be put into some perspective it would help to be old enough to remember the My Lia massacre—including the …