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Making Disaster Pay: From the San Francisco Earthquake to Superstorm Sandy, How Capitalism Stacks the Deck on Disaster
“One man’s disaster was another’s main chance,” writes Fraser as he discusses America's sordid history with distaster capitalism.
Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl
Ten questions we need to ask to make sure another nuclear meltdown like this one never happens again.
Under the International Spotlight, Mexican Government Asks for “Friendly Solution” After Perpetrating Sexual Torture
The case has serious implications for the perpetration of sexual violence by police everywhere.
A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System
The US criminal justice system has transformed into a tool of the national security state.
How the Pentagon Corrupted Afghanistan
Operation Enduring Freedom mutated into Operation Enduring Corruption.
Can Oxygen-Pricing Help Save the Environment?
A study just published in Science, the most comprehensive “Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperature for the Past 11,300 Years” ever done, shows that recent warming has been "amazing …
Reporter’s Notebook: The “China Dream” Smothered by Smog
There's an ongoing joke in China that both captures the long standing competitive nature between Beijing and Shanghai while tying it neatly with the country's number one preoccupation: pollution. …
From Detroit to China to Bangladesh: Capitalism’s Costs, Capitalists’ Freedom
Richard Wolff deconstructs claims of efficiency and freedom made by enterprises outsourcing production.
Austerity Can Kill You – Literally
A major new study published in The Lancet makes clear that austerity policies adopted in the European south have produced health care crises.
When Will We Stop Cars – Scratch That – GUNS, From Killing People?
Laws that treat the chain of ownership for guns more carefully would end impunity for straw purchasers who funnel weapons to criminals.