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Since Hiroshima: Australia’s Active Involvement in the Use and Abuse of Nuclear Energy
Australia has been involved in nuclear power politics since the 1940s as both a weapons test site and a source of base fuel uranium.
Housing Rights Group Says HUD Program Helps Wall Street, Hurts Homeowners
A federal housing program intended to shore up its own finances while helping homeowners on the brink of foreclosure has instead helped create “Wall Street landlords.”
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Noam Chomsky: Resisting Empire for More Than Four Decades
The foreword to the Chomsky essays by activist and public intellectual Marcus Raskin.
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Feeling the Touch of the Goad: A Sense of Urgency as a Spur to Climate Action
To respond effectively to the threat of climate change, we must shed our complacency and arouse a sense of urgency. The texts of early Buddhism provide us with a …
Drone Protester Sentenced to Three Months
Anti-drone activist John “Jack” Gilroy, 79, was sentenced to three months incarceration, three years of probation.
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Why Dilma Rousseff Could Win Brazil’s Presidential Election
The country has widely reported problems, but improvements in income and conditions for many workers mean a lot of Brazilians have done well over the past decade.
Report: US-EU Battle Over Corporate Privileges Could Tank Pact
The Obama administrationu2019s precarious justifications for the investor-state dispute settlement regime may determine the fate of the transatlantic free trade agreement.
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Snooping on Everyone While the Big Box Thieves Get Busy
Congress is still dragging its feet on fixes more than a year after Edward Snowden's alarming revelations first came to light.
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Among Those Closest to Dallas Ebola Case, Confusion Reigns
As investigators retrace Thomas Eric Duncanu2019s movements and national media throng at the gates of the apartment he stayed at, many residents inside, who are immigrants, remain ignorant and …
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Pope Francis Works at Reconciling Decades-Old Divisions Among Latin American Catholics
In ways large and small, Pope Francis is having an impact on Roman Catholics in Latin America.