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Resolving the Food Crisis: Global Leaders Fail to Make Crucial Reforms
The spikes in global food prices in 2007-8 served as a wake-up call to the global community on the inadequacies of our global food system. Commodity prices doubled, …
Self-Determination for All Is the Path to a War-Free Future
Bonn, Germany, December 4, 2011 - I want to thank the conference organizers for the privilege of joining you. It has been ten years since 9/11, when, believe it …
The World War on Democracy
B-1B Lancer Bombers on a runway at Diego Garcia, November, 2001, during the bombing campaign in Afghanistan. (Photo: Senior Airman Rebeca M. Luquin, U.S. Air Force) Lisette …
Defense Budget Flip: Dick Armey – Cut the Budget, Obama – Slow the Increase
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Every once in a while, the normal assumptions and labeling of politicians gets shook up when one of them steps out of …
Accusing WikiLeaks of Murder
Who in their right mind wants to talk about, think about, or read a short essay about... civilian war casualties? What a bummer, this topic, especially since our …
For-Profit Kaplan University Pays Executives a Quarter Billion Dollars, Courtesy of Students and Taxpayers
Northeastern University. (Photo: Kaplan International Colleges) The for-profit college and university business is a $30-billion-dollar industry in the United States. According to investigative journalist Daniel Golden, in …
Rising Controversy Over Marijuana Cultivation in California’s Emerald Triangle
Medical cannabis grows at an operation in Oakland, California. (Photo: Rusty Blazenhoff) The debate over marijuana legalization is heating up across the United States with numerous legalization …
Alan Greenspan’s Ship of Fools
In keeping with its policy of releasing transcripts with a five-year lag, the Federal Reserve Board recently released the transcripts from its 2006 Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. There …
Occupy DC: Empowering the 99 Percent
In the front section of The Washington Post, Dr. King's legacy is saluted in ads for Macy's and HSBC. Readers have every right to find this dubious. Macy's was …
The Romney Tax Loophole
After refusing for weeks to release his taxes, Mitt Romney now says he’ll do so — by tax day, April 15. But the real news is what Romney has …