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Anonymous, Karl Rove and 2012 Election Fix?
Unless Anonymous presents evidence to support its claims of a planned Rove hack, its work will be relegated to the status of internet antics - and the dustbins of …
Costs and Consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster
About a month after the disaster, on April 19, 2011, Japan chose to drastically increase its official u201csafeu201d radiation exposure levels[ii] from 1 mSv to 20 mSv per year …
How Washington Insiders Bar Economic Reality From Political Debate
DC's self-anointed serious people love to exclude critics of their self-serving arguments by painting their warnings as shrill.
Anti-Fracking Activists’ Secret War, With the World in the Balance
A loose network of activists is waging a guerrilla campaign not with improvised explosive devices or rocket-propelled grenades, but with zoning ordinances and petitions.
Pushing Obama’s Arc Toward Peace
If enough people practice democracy daily, then maybeu2013just maybeu2014weu2019ll be able to push the arc of Obamau2019s second term in the direction of peace and justice.
Unity College Becomes First to Pull Money From Dirty Energy
The university will divest their financial holdings from fossil-fuel companies.
Latino Voters Assist in Turning Back Extremist Policies
The large number of votes cast by Latinos across the country sent a clear message that the Republican barrage of insults and disrespect hurled at them will no longer …
Likening Palestinians to Blades of Grass
Israeli hardliners joke about the periodic need to decimate each new generation of Palestinian militants as u201cmowing the grass,u201d a process underway again in new bombardments of Gaza.
Living Up to “The New Deal”: Half the Nation Is Still Waiting
FDR realized that the nation's future well being would be undermined if some fraction of our people - whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth - is ill-fed, …
In Leaked Documents, Honeywell Cites Obama Ties as Key to Anti-Union Strategy
A leaked internal Honeywell document outlines an anti-union strategy that includes leveraging Obama administration connections.