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Why Aren’t These Fraudulent Papers Retracted?
According to Science Times, the Tuesday science section in The New York Times, scientific retractions are on the rise because of a
DC: The Colony in Congress’ Backyard
The colonists who founded this country fought a revolutionary war against taxation without representation. More than 200 years later, one of the greatest American ironies is that our capital …
Deficit Reduction: The Great Distraction
Click here to support news free of corporate influence by donating to Truthout. This is the week of the third annual Deficit Fest, the event sponsored by Wall Street …
The Next Battle in Mythical “Taxpayer-Subsidized Abortions:" Women Seeking Hospital Care Should Be Forced to Report Abortion
Abortions are very common procedures, and are among the safest of any kinds of procedures performed in the United States. But like any medical intervention, from giving birth to …
The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the Courts
In the 1958 cult horror classic The Thing That Couldn’t Die, a young lass out water-witching (of all things) discovers a curious and ancient box–one that, whether you follow …
Why Equality Matters
The history of equality from antiquity onward reveals that the notion of equality has been considered a constitutive feature of justice whether in its formal, proportional or moral sense. …
What Occupiers Learned From Obama – and What He Should Learn From Them
Occupy Wall Street protesters march at Zuccotti Park on November 5, 2011. (Photo: David Shankbone) It doesn't seem like too much of a stretch at this point to say …
Forty Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regulations Cover Only a Sliver of Land
Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on how drilling companies would have to disclose the chemicals they use that it largely …
What Kind of Society Do Americans Want?
Part I – Health Care in the USA On 7 May 2012 a new study came out on healthcare in the United States. Based on research carried out by …
Bill to Ban Sustainability and Climate Change Action Fails in Arizona
This Week in Clean Economy: Five states fail to pass anti-Agenda 21 laws, with Arizona being the most high profile. Bills remain alive in three states. A high-profile bill …