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The House of Saud and the Big Banks Move in on Twitter
As Time Magazine names 'The Protester' as person of the year, news broke that Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal joins JPMorgan Chase as a major stakeholder in Twitter, …
Grover Norquist’s Real Game: Shifting Power and Wealth to the One Percent
Grover Norquist is fast becoming the man everyone loves to hate – except those who fear him. Norquist, the leader of Americans for Tax Reform, …
Would You Blow the Whistle? Many Say Yes, but Perils Abound (2)
(Image: JR / Truthout) Would you do it? If you knew your employer was defrauding the public or the government, would you go outside the company to …
Would You Blow the Whistle? Many Say Yes, but Perils Abound
(Image: JR / Truthout) Would you do it? If you knew your employer was defrauding the public or the government, would you go outside the company to stop …
Why “Evidence-Based” Education Fails
How did the largest and most aggressive federal education initiative, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), garner bipartisan support under George W. Bush, and how have the central tenets of …
“The Protester” Becomes Time’s Person of the Year, Wants More
Some organizers of the protests of Tahrir Square, Egypt, visiting Occupy Wall Street on October 25, 2011. (Photo: NLNY) Time Magazine Wednesday announced that its 2011 Person …
Food of the Gods
A prominent part of holiday festivities is chocolate, one of our most adored comfort foods. Chocolate is made from the beans (actually the seeds) of the pods that grow …
The Drone That Fell From the Sky
The drone had been in the air for close to five hours before its mission crew realized that something was wrong. The oil temperature in the plane’s turbocharger, …
Occupy Climate Change: Anjali Appadurai Says, “Get It Done“
Climate talks ended in Durban the way everyone knew they would going in. The richest countries, chiefly the United States, prohibited the materialization of an emergency program to deal …
Occupation 2.0: Occupy Wall Street Challenges Neighboring Church, and Capitalism
Matt Heyd, associate priest and director of faith and action at Trinity, speaks to Malory Butler and Laura Gottesdiener, members of the Occupy movement, in New York, Dec. 15, …