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Hot Tuna? – The Fish of Fukushima
Many media outlets say that Japan's Tuna is no longer harmful from radiation poisoning, but conflicting reports make the answer unclear.
Education in Iceland
Iceland is considering a rash of new education initiatives that would fundamentally alter power dynamics in the classroom.
Should Journalists Who Talk to Leakers Be Worried?
Thereu2019s been a lot of discussion about how Edward Snowden should be prosecuted. But thereu2019s another question: Less has been said about potential consequences for journalists who published the …
Divestment Campaigners Look Beyond Fossil Free to Fund Solar Utopias
Divesting from fossil fuel companies would investment funds to finance green energy ventures.
Turkey Threatens Doctors and First Responders, Violates Medical Neutrality
The Turkish Health Ministry issued a threat to take medical licenses to practice away from doctors who have been providing treatment to the protesters in Istanbul. They are also …
What Our Presidents Tell Our Young People
In this season of college graduations, let us pause to remember the stirring words of America's beloved scholar, George W. Bush, speaking in Florida in 2007 at the commencement …
US Cold War Ally in the Docks at Guantanamo for USS Cole Bombing
The backstory of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 whose military commission pretrial hearings were recently held at Guantanamo Bay, is intertwined …
Elizabeth Warren’s QE for Students: Populist Demagoguery or Economic Breakthrough?
Could Warren's bill represent the sort of game-changing thinking sorely needed to turn the economy around?
Transcend Conditioned Consciousness: None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds
David Degraw looks at the intricacies of mental slavery in everything from political policy to economic debt.
Celebrate the Defeat of the Granny Bashers!
Dean Baker: Medicare and Social Security are safe from austerity hawks - for now. Time to raise a toast, then switch from defense to offense.