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Operation Red Hat: Chemical Weapons and the Pentagon Smokescreen on Okinawa
In July 1969, a leak of chemical weapons on Okinawa sickened more than 20 US soldiers and laid bare one of the Pentagon's biggest Cold War secrets: the storage …
What they Aren’t Telling the Public About Government Spying in New Zealand
Despite a wave of protests in major cities across the country on Saturday July 27 2013 which, for New Zealand, were reasonably large in size, Prime Minister John Key …
The August 24 March on Washington: Why We Need a New Civil Rights and Labor Movement
Fifty years after the March on Washington, communities of color need to really around issues of social inequality that plague America today.
Can Mali Reunite?
Al-Qaeda's power has waned in Mali, but unresolved ethnic conflicts still threaten the country after 16 months of civil war.;
The Surveillance Reforms Obama Supported Before He Was President
As a Senator, Obama supported legislation to curb the very use of mass surveillance that he now defends underneath his presidency.
NSU, NSA and other Embarrassments
The hot, seemingly untroubled vacation days in Germany were disturbed only mildly by two abbreviations, NSU and NSA u2013 which were not to be confused!
Middle Class Squeezed – I Mean Literally Squished
As more and more of the gains from our economy go to a few at the top the rest of us get squeezed - literally.
Global Power Project, Part 9: Banking on Influence With Morgan Stanley
Like the other big banks, Morgan Stanley had been busy paying settlements for the massive criminal fraud conspiracies it engaged in, particularly related to the housing crisis.
Frackonomics: The Science and Economics of the Gas Boom
We need a public employment program geared toward the construction of a new sustainable energy system.
A Path Forward for Egypt’s Revolution
Shamus Cooke: The battle for the future of Egypt is underway, and it's chaos.