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Are Student Loans Becoming a Macroeconomic Issue?
New report brings into question the long term affects of student loans on the future of the economy.
Taking a Stand Against Coal
Coal companies are scrambling with proposals to extract coal in Montana and Wyoming.
Is the Press Too Big to Fail?
Who is going to bring us the news of all the institutions, from City Hall to Congress, from Wall Street to the White House, that fail us?
Strike and You’re Out: The Supreme Court’s Destruction of the Right to Strike
In their continuing series on the National Labor Relations Act, two legal experts explain how the Supreme Court nullified the NLRA-enshrined right to strike by inventing an employer's right …
Anti-Drone Movement Grows: Ethics, Legality and Effectiveness of Drone Killings Doubted
Zeese and Flowers examine the US drone program, its security effectiveness, legality under US and international law, state of development, and position in US opinion.
Filling the Empty Battlefield: Jeremy Scahill, Blowback Reporter
Tom Engelhardt discusses modern muckraker Jeremy Scahill new brand of blowback journalism.
Airport Privatization Takes Off in Puerto Rico
Under fiscal stress and the influence of a powerful business lobby, airports are being sold off to private investors.
The Facts on Fracking
Benefits, risks, the New York State debate, and more.
Komen Foundation: Is the ‘Race for the Cure’ actually a ‘Race to Obscure’?
Even more troubling than the revelation of their right-wing anti-choice agenda was the realization among many critics that principal sponsors of the Race for the Cure produce or use …
How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
The coming decades could see a tidal wave of rebellion and conflict over oil, water, land, and more.