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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 …
Ethnic Media: Where Do Immigrants Stand on Occupy?
Members of the Occupy movement block the entrance to docks at the Port of Oakland, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011. Demonstrators blocked the gates of several West Coast ports Monday, …
The Trial of Bradley Manning – Rule of Law or Rule of Intimidation, Retaliation and Retribution
Bradley Manning. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Yesterday, December 16, 2011, 40 supporters of Bradley Manning saw him in person in the military courtroom at Fort Meade, …
Whistleblowers: Software Monitoring Keystone XL Pipeline’s Safety Contains Deliberate Errors
Investigative Journalist Greg Palast. (Photo Courtesy of Greg Palast) Whistleblowers have told Britain's “Dispatches” that the safety software on major US pipelines contains deliberate errors - and …
Vets on Veterans Day – and the Other 364
Brendan Marrocco, a 23-year-old Iraq war veteran from Staten Island, New York, watches as his physical therapist, Luis Garcia, takes off his prothetic legs after practicing walking at Walter …