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(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: preshaa, NASA) Some deal. BP gets the gold mine and its victims get the shaft. And a few lawyers …

The coming election cycle will likely be the most expensive in history. Thanks to Citizens United and other recent court decisions, individuals, corporations and unions can make unlimited donations …

I went through the Federal Reserve’s Quarterly Release on Household Debt and Credit released today, and there were two notable trends. One is that the amount of consumer …

(Photo: Matthias Lambrecht / Flickr) Friends, It is particularly humbling to return for this year's Bikini Day commemorations. Last year, Oishi Matashichi, Alson Kelsen and …

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) The most central and constant dilemma in modern politics has been the choice between …

History repeats itself, Marx famously warned, first as tragedy and then as farce. In the case of U.S. torture psychologists, the ” tragedy” occurred half a century ago when …

On Thursday, I requested Cindy Shogan, Executive Director of Alaska Wilderness League in Washington, D.C. about how she would respond. Following is the email statement I received from her:

Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them. World War I was not started over the Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination, nor was it …

President Barack Obama talking on the phone in the Oval Office. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) A funny thing happened on the way to the …

(Photo: Neal Gillis / Flickr) The accounts read like something from the turn of the 20th century: emergency exit routes blocked and doors padlocked during working hours, …