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How Do We Define Climate Pollution’s Cost to Society?
Every year, the government recalculates how much money a metric ton of carbon costs us.
Flint Whistleblowers Who Exposed Their Poisoned Water: We’re Just Getting Started
A pastor, a mother, and an attorney teamed up to reveal the lies about their drinking water.
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Only Ten of Scores Killed by US Drones in Pakistan Last Year Have Been Identified
The number of those named in 2015 was particularly low.
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Financial Reform: It’s About Improving the Financial System, Not 2008
As the Democratic presidential race heats up, the debate on financial reform has taken a bizarre twist.
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Counternarcotics US Military Aid to Colombia Has Been a Nightmare for Women
Six women were raped every hour in Colombia during the first nine years of Plan Colombia, a counternarcotics military operation.
William Rivers Pitt | The New Hampshire Primary and Beyond
“If a more perfect metaphor for the 2016 New Hampshire primary has presented itself, I haven't heard of it.”
The 21st Century US Military: Not the “Finest Fighting Force in the History of the World“
Maybe if we stopped claiming that the US military was the finest fighting force in the history of the world, both we and the world might be modestly more …
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Corporate-Managed Trade Deals Screw the US
We need to come up with a trade policy that works for “We the People” instead of “they the corporations.”
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Silencing Critics of Israel
Israel doesn't accept criticism. In fact, whether from friend or foe, even mild criticism is viewed as an existential threat.
Trump Leads GOP Charge Embracing Torture: “I’d Bring Back Worse Than Waterboarding”
In the final debate before Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire, Republican presidential contenders battled it out Saturday night at Saint Anselm College.