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In Libya, Diplomacy Could Save Lives and the World Economy
A funeral procession in Ajdabiya, Libya, on Thursday, March 3, 2011, is held for opposition fighters killed the day before in nearby Brega. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / The New …
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Three Dead Bodies
On January 11, 2011, Kuwaiti citizen Mohammad Ghazzai al-Mutairi was reportedly beaten and tortured to death by members of the Kuwaiti police force (part of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior). …
The Collapse of the Old Oil Order: How the Petroleum Age Will End
Whatever the outcome, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be transformed.
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Bob Pollin Busts the Overpaid Public Employee Lie
It keeps getting recited as if it is holy writ: Public sector employees have better pay and benefits than private sector employees. And with that belief firmly planted in …
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Dr. King and the Tea Party (2)
February may have been Black History Month, but let's be honest: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a problem. He was always challenging governments, challenging …
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The F Word: Capital or Community in Wisconsin (Video)
More GRITtv It should be the sound of the other shoe dropping, but you’ll have to listen hard to Governor Scott Walker’s budget address because most media …
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The Kochs and the Guv Stir up a Hornets’ Nest
Thank you, Scott Walker! And you, too, Charles and David Koch! Thanks for being so ham-handed in pushing your self-serving, virulently anti-union agenda on the schoolteachers, health care workers, …
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Boeing Boondoggle — Pork Can Fly
"The gift that keeps on giving" should have been the headline on the Pentagon's decision to award Boeing Co. a $35 billion defense contract. Defense of the nation, of …
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Climate Change and the Water Crisis in the US Southwest
Where and how will climate change first affect large numbers of American voters? Answering that question may be crucial to the global efforts to protect the earth’s climate. The …
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Dr. King and the Tea Party
February may have been Black History Month, but let's be honest: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a problem. He was always challenging governments, challenging …