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Iran Holds Up Access to Parchin for Better IAEA Deal
Washington - The failure of a mission by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to get Iranian permission to visit a military testing site mentioned in its latest report …
Rights Are for Real People: Where the Infamous Citizens United Decision Came From and How to Overturn It
Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that Americans cannot prevent corporations from spending unlimited money to control elections, politicians, and policy. In Citizens United v. Federal Election …
Remotely Piloted War: How Drone War Became the American Way of Life
In the American mind, if Apple made weapons, they would undoubtedly be drones, those remotely piloted planes getting such great press here. They have generally been greeted as …
Spinning Suspect Ingredients in Baby Formula
That same day that I gave her the first bottle [of formula], she had terrible diarrhea, she had horrible spit-up, she had gas, she was crying with pain. . …
Dow and Monsanto Join Forces to Poison America’s Heartland
(Photo: tpmartins) In a match that some would say was made in hell, the nation's two leading producers of agrochemicals have joined forces in a partnership to …
War Is Too Tragic for Weak Balance of Powers
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Two weeks ago, I wrote a column on how President Obama, as with some presidents in the past, fired military generals who …
Iran and the Shape of Things to Come
(Photo: yeowatzup) It is hard not to think of that Gallic witticism when observing recent international events. Aside from almost daily threats from the governments of Israel …
Occupy the Department of Education: Just What Education Activists Were Looking for
On behalf of the people of New York City, the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) assembled on the evening of February 9. On behalf of the people of New …
With Mass Child Freezing Deaths, Proof of Mass Starvation, US in Violation of Geneva Conventions in Afghanistan
A little known aspect of World War II history is that immediately after the end of major hostilities, as Europe lay in ruins, millions of Germans in Ally-occupied Germany …
Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control – and Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About It 100 Years From Now
What's happening in Congress this week, as Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) bars any women from testifying at his so-called “religious freedom” hearings, is so familiar and expected that it …