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The Icelandic Model of Handling Debt Crises
The latest euro rescue plan lurched into crisis this week after the Greek prime minister decided to put the package to a popular vote. This unexpected gesture of independence …
Why is the State Department Using Our Money to Pimp for Monsanto?
People in India are up in arms about eggplant. Not just any eggplant — the fight, which is also raging in the Philippines, is over Monsanto's Bt eggplant. Even …
The Medieval, Unaccountable Corporation of London Is Ripe for Protest
It's the dark heart of Britain, the place where democracy goes to die, immensely powerful, equally unaccountable. But I doubt that one in 10 British people has any idea …
EU: Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands?
Tar sands imports to the EU could be banned altogether after the EU Commission on Climate Change backed new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards as part of the Fuel …
Why is OWS Blanketed With NYPD Cameras – And Are Police Breaking the Law?
Occupy Wall Street, September 30, 2011. (Photo: David Shankbone)
Death in Guantanamo: Suicide or Dryboarding?
A detention area at the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October, 2007. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) On June 10, 2006, …
End of the Reagan Narrative?
As yet another statue of Ronald Reagan is unveiled – a $1 million one at Washington’s National Airport which was renamed in his honor in the mid-1990s – the …
Revolution With a Chuckle
When the Oakland police donned their gas masks and riot gear and shot protesters in the face, sending one Iraq War veteran to the hospital, Washington Post photo editor …
Robert Borosage on Tavis Smiley: Conservative “Reverse Robin Hood” Tax Plans
Institute for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage appeared on the Tavis Smiley Show on October 31 to discuss the tax and economic policies advanced by Republican presidential candidates and …
As Dolphins Die, Gulf Residents Ask What About Us?
Willie Seaman of Irvington, AL, lays carpet and floors for a living. But last summer, as the BP well gushed thousands of barrels of oil daily into the Gulf, …