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Cut Off US Aid to Egypt? It’s Not Just a Good Idea, It’s the Law
If we cannot cut off aid to Egypt when an aid cutoff is mandated by US law, under what circumstances could we do it?
Rethinking Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is admired for his elegant prose in the Declaration of Independence, but he was a world-class hypocrite.
Risky Business of Morsi’s Ouster
Egypt's coup could further radicalize the region's Islamists with dangerous implications for the US and the world, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
What We Can Learn From America’s First Tea Party About Countering Corporate Power
Before there was Citizens United, a modern Tea Party movement, or national momentum to ban corporate personhood, Thom Hartmann shows that resistance to corporate power is just as patriotic …
This Is What Border Enforcement Actually Looks Like
Conservative media figures have used border security as a sticking point against which to derail reform, but here are the facts on border enforcement.
The Brief Wondrous Life (and Long Dangerous Half-Life) of Strontium-90
Strontium-90 - and other nuclear byproducts linked to significant suffering, disease and death - will linger in our soil and water, our tissue and bone, for generations. Recent leaks …
Independence From Terror
“Do you have any idea how we can find independence from the corporate–state terror?” asks activist Subhankar Banerjee.
Want to Reduce the National Debt? Find More Workers
The fiscal costs of immigration reform is analyzed.
From the Arab Spring to a Global Summer
The world has exploded in protest over the past two years, and from country to country, neoliberalism is to blame.
Global Power Project, Part 4: Banking on Influence With JPMorgan Chase
A geopolitical force unto itself, JPMorgan Chase goes beyond the financial indicators.