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American “Success” and the Rise of West African Piracy
The US military has been moving into Africa big time for years and just about nobody seems to notice.
A Tipping Point for the Good
In the Chesapeake Bay region, we're on the front lines of climate change.
Peace Statement Opposing US Bombing of Iraq and Syria
We wish to see a US foreign policy based on true humanitarianism and real diplomacy based on mutual respect, guided by international law, and dedicated to human rights and …
Eddie Conway: Six Years in Solitary Confinement
Mr. Conway says prisoners were treated like animals; and because he resisted and organized, he was in lockup twenty three and a half hours a day for six years.
Without a Truce in Syrian Civil War, US-Led Strikes Threaten More Chaos for World’s Worst Crisis
Pentagon officials are openly acknowledging that the military campaign in Syria and Iraq could take years to succeed.
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The Nasty, Scary World of Emerging Tick-Borne Disease
Lyme disease is bad enough. But it's just the beginning of a host of odd and ugly diseases ticks transmit, public health officials are finding.
Turkish-Syrian Border a “Great Hole” in Obama’s UN Speech
Vijay Prashad says Obama's comments on enforcing international norms have no credibility with most people around the world and are aimed at appeasing liberal unease.
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The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining – and the World Bank – Out of El Salvador
Hundreds of protesters recently gathered at the World Bank to shame a gold mining firm's shakedown of one of Central America's poorest countries.
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Stanford Promises Not to Use Google Money for Privacy Research
Stanford's Center for Internet and Society has long received funding from Google, but a filing shows the university recently pledged to only use the money for non-privacy research. Academics …
Climate Change: The Next Generation
Kelsey Juliana, an 18-year-old activist, is fighting climate change in the courts and walking across the country to spread the word on global warming.