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The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed
Across America, temporary work has become a mainstay of the economy.
Challenging Liberty: The Danger of DNA Databases
While DNA databases may seem new, this is only because they are recently coming back into the news.
From the Philippines to the NSA: 111 Years of the US Surveillance State
The National Security apparatus that seemed to have lost much of its purpose with the fall of the Soviet Union got a new lease on life.
Capitalism’s “One-Track Mind” for Profits
The policies President Obama and the US are proposing as ‘solutions’ to poverty and the drug trade in Central America exacerbate their root causes.
With the NSA Leaks, Character, Actions, and Intentions Matter
Edward Snowden's leaks of top-secret NSA documents has unleashed a wave of very strong feelings of anger and betrayal – of the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable and unwarranted …
Research Shows that Monsanto’s Big Claims for GMO Food Are Probably Wrong
New report reveals that all of Monsanto's claims of their crops being better for agriculture as a whole might be false.
The Wonderful American World of Informers and Agents Provocateurs: Close Encounters of the Lower-Tech Kind
Todd Gitlin analyzes the future of surveillance in this country and its affect on American citizens.
Global Power Project, Part 3: The Influence of Individuals and Family Dynasties
Dynastic power, embedded in the institution of family, has been with humanity for as long as empire.
Military Commission Pre-Trial Hearings for Alleged 9/11 “Plotters” Focus on Gitmo Conditions
Victims and families of victims of 9-11 attended last week's hearings.
Seeing Global Warming Through Gray Braasch’s Eyes
Two recent stories of climate change disasters mark the transition from spring to summer of 2013. The recent Black Forest fire in Colorado destroyed more than 500 homes and …