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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 …
Oil: In Perpetuity No More
An offshore drilling rig. (Photo: L.C.Nøttaasen) Oil touches nearly every single aspect of the lives of those in the industrialised world. Most of our food, clothing, electronics, …
How Greece Could Take Down Wall Street
A truck with a black flag, which is displayed in protest of moves by the Greek government to opening the trucking profession, on a road in Elefsina, Greece, on …
We Are All Greeks Now
Occupy Wall Street rallies in New York's Zuccotti Park in support of Greek resistance to austerity on February 18, 2012. (Photo: Sunset Parkerpix) They chanted, "We. Are. …
How North Carolina’s Shock Doctrine Artists Are Resegregating Higher Education
Thom Tillis, a Republican North Carolina state representative, at the Northstone Country Club in Huntersville, North Carolina, October 12, 2010. He's led a push to promote ALEC's privatization agenda …