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A Coup Over Land: The Resource War Behind Paraguay’s Crisis
Each bullet hole on the downtown Asunciu00f3n, Paraguay light posts tells a story. Some of them are from civil wars decades ago, some from successful and unsuccessful coups, others …
The Unhappy Truth About Positive Psychology
While trying to survive (as opposed to thrive) is the new normal, increasing numbers of people still debate the nature of happiness.
Rodney King Is Dead, but Little Else Has Changed Since the Riots That Bore His Name
Rodney King's recent death and the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles uprising generated a lot of heat, but little light on what caused those historic events.
Election Countdown 2012: One Person Is Confirmed Dead After an Oil and Natural Gas Well Explosion in Ohio, and More
These [satellite] images appear to support the rumored allegations [that] drillers and frackers may have been driving tanker trucks offroad, opening the valve on the tank while driving, and …
The Labor Law Reform We Need
When the next opportunity for labor law reform arrives, union membership will be smaller and our political clout even more diminished. If we are to succeed, future reform proposals …
The Election Reflects America’s Conservative Era
This year's presidential campaign is taking place within an extremely conservative era in American political history that will substantially influence the domestic and foreign priorities of the next administration, …
Mitch McConnell and the Corporate War on Transparency
Senator Mitch McConnell argued in 1987 that we should reject limits on corporate campaign contributions and instead, embrace public disclosure of campaign contributions important u201cso,u201d he said, u201cvoters can …
Inside the Investigation of Leading Republican Money Man Sheldon Adelson
At least one prominent Republican has expressed concern about the source of Adelson's campaign contributions.
Will Your State Refuse to Provide Medicaid Coverage to Needy Adults?
It is precisely the states that could most benefit from the increased coverage under ACA's Medicaid expansion provision that seem least willing to participate in the plan.
After National Gathering, Is There Room for Insurrectionary Anarchism in Occupy?
The idea, according to organizers, was to bring Occupy participants together from around the country to share and focus visions for the movement.