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Frackademia: University of Tennessee Set to Lease Forest For Fracking, Enriching Governor’s Family
University of Tennessee is leasing land to big oil and gas in the name of fracking research.
Austerity Is Dead – So Can We Fix The Infrastructure NOW?
Austerity is dead might be the new mantra after Europe's financial crisis but major problems still remain.
The Trade Deal Scam
Dean Baker: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and a US-EU deal are not intended to boost the economy.
Financial Totalitarianism: The Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Rule of Speculative Capital
Like the totalitarianisms of old, the financialization of life is ultimately directed by and benefits a tiny minority.
Intriguing Results from the OAS Drug Policy Scenario Workshop
If you are interested in finding solutions to the War on Drugs, you will want to take a look at the Organization of American States document titled Scenarios for …
How Dystopian Secrecy Contributes to Clueless Wars
Chase Madar: Bradley Manning has done more for US security than SEAL team 6.
ObamaCare’s Relentless Creation of Second-Class Citizens
Obamacare might talk about equality, but even within its legislation there are still crippling hierarchies.
Undercounting the Poor
The US has a new, but only marginally improved, poverty measure.
Why Governments Are Afraid of Twitter
Revolutionary actions that once would have been nearly impossible to coordinate are popping up thanks to tools like Twitter.
Did Someone Say Genocide? Syria’s Fake Sectarian War
The fate of Syria and the broader Middle East balances on a razoru2019s edge. The western media is giving dire warnings of an impending sectarian war between Sunni …