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NATO’s “Conspiracy” Against the Libyan Revolution
In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal (19 July 2011), Max Boot— the aptly named neoconservative author and military historian known for his support for “democracy promotion” …
Standard & Poor’s and the Bilderbergers: All Part of the Plan?
A monitor tracks stocks on the trading room floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 8, 2011. (Photo: Benjamin Norman / The New York Times) …
Austerity Politics Descends on US States
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, talks with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) prior to President Barack Obama's remarks on the economy at a General Electric plant in Schenectady, …
Crisis of Confidence: How Washington Lost Faith in America’s Courts
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus. The event …
Poverty. Just Say It
Sisters Tamara Collins, 7, left, and Brianna Collins, 8, walk to the bus stop outside the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida shelter where they live, in Orlando, …
Nuclear Missiles, Cluster Bombs, Koch Brother-Like Legal Activism and Climate Solutions!? Greenwashing Lockheed Martin
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor. (Photo: Leonski Oh Leonski / Flickr) Would a progressive Burlington, Vermont, mayor partner with the Koch brothers? Obviously not. Their well-heeled right-wing …
Boredom Can Fuel Hostility Toward Outsiders
It’s all too easy to divide the world into people like us and outsiders. Newly published research points to a surprising factor that exacerbates this unfortunate tendency: Boredom. …
Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow
Drug trafficking through Central America is more threatening than ever before. To combat high levels of organized crime, cartel activity, violence, and institutional corruption, Central …
Deficits, Debts and Deepening Crisis
(Photo: photosteve101 / Flickr) Standard & Poor's downgrades US debt, stock markets gyrate around the world, Sarkozy and Merkel perform yet another empty summit, the Chinese and …
Why the Mainstream Media Are Clueless About the Religious Right
Thousands of participants sing and pray inside Reliant Stadium during "The Response," a Christian-themed prayer serviced called for by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in Houston, August 6, 2011. (Photo: …