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The War on Drug Addicts – and Everyone Else
Needle supplies at the Down East AIDS Network needle exchange in Ellsworth, Maine, Thursday, October 29, 2009. (Photo: Craig Dilger / The New York Times) When Congressional …
DJs Against Climate Change Create Localized Cap-and-Trade
Let's say... you're a DJ. And you're pretty progressive, so you think about things like the carbon footprint you leave, flying between gigs. DJs Against Climate Change has a …
Kenya’s Criminal Assault on Famine-Stricken Somalia
A view of the skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Yaaqshiid District, where Al Shabaab …
Cop Art: The Rise of the Citizen Satirist
(Image: janie-jones / Casually Pepper Spraying Cop Tumblr) "My name only comes up when some a-hole wants to end an argument..., " Adolf Hitler yells to his …
Why a Constitutional Law Professor Should Not Sign an Unconstitutional Military Detention Bill
President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, Dec. 2, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New …
How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the US on Troop Withdrawal
Washington - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that …
London vs. the Eurozone
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron walks during the 2010 G8 Summit at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday, June 25, 2010. (Photo: Luke Sharrett/The New York …
How Now, Brown Cloud: What Smog Hath Wrought
Sun setting at Connaught Place in Delhi, India. (Photo: wili_hybrid) Have you heard about the great brown cloud? No, it's not a new nickname for Donald Trump …
Brominated Battle: Soda Chemical Has Cloudy Health History
Marietta, Georgia - It's Monday night at the Battle & Brew, a gamer hangout in this Atlanta suburb. The crowd is slumping in chairs, ears entombed in headphones, eyes …
Regulatory Meltdown Goes Nuclear: Will Attacks on NRC’s Jaczko Kill Post-Fukushima Upgrades?
If you like politics as blood sport, this is great stuff. On the other hand, if you worry about people, their lives, their health, how their money is spent …