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Unlike Mitt Romney, Most Americans Want to Cut US Military Spending
On some issues, there is a serious disconnect between candidates for public office and the public they are hoping to represent.
Climate Change and the Next US Revolution
The U.S. heat wave is slowly shaking the foundations of American politics. It may take years for the deep rumble to evolve into an above ground, institution-shattering earthquake, but …
Anchoring Wealth to Sustain Cities and Population Growth
There will be at least 100 million more Americans by 2050, and likely 150 million more. Yet the cities that will house them are so spatially and economically unstable …
In a Risk Society, Is Consumption Our Only Tool to Influence Our World?
In the age of the citizen-consumer, does a public that relies on privately funded social services and self-purchased insurance have any agency beyond our
“Tobacco Can Cure Smoking” and Other Highlights of ALEC’s Annual Meeting in Salt Lake
State legislators attending this week's American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Salt Lake City will be told they can advance ALEC's mission of
Austerity, Adjustment and Social Genocide: Political Language and the European Debt Crisis
Political language functions through euphemism, by employing soft-sounding or simply meaningless words to describe otherwise monstrous and vicious policies and objectives.
How Will the 99% Deal With 70 Million Psychopaths?
Did you know that roughly one person in a hundred is clinically a psychopath?
The Nature of the US Military Presence in Africa
On July 12th, TomDispatch posted the latest piece in Nick Turseu2019s u201cchanging face of empire
To Protect Democracy, the House Should Act Against Michele Bachmann’s Anti-Muslim McCarthyism
Rep. Michele Bachmann is using her position on the House Intelligence Committee to promote a conspiracy theory that government officials, including State Department official Huma Abedin, are part of …
Blair, War, Olympic Deals and a Glimpse of Another Britain
Today, 4.8 million victims of Agent Orange are children, all of them shockingly deformed.