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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.
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The GOP Continues Its Condescending Outreach to Female Voters
Talking down to women isn't just a Texas GOP thing.
William Rivers Pitt | War Eternal: One Man Gathers What Another Man Spills
President Obama and his administration have been dancing as fast as they can to explain why this newest chapter in the Iraq war can be called legal without fully …
Syrians in the Golan Heights Stuck Between Sectarian War and Unjust Occupation
Syrians in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hear the constant shelling of the civil war that divides their community while living through the decades-old Israeli occupation that dominates daily life.
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100 Zephyrs: Why the Left Must Challenge Corporate Democrats
If there is no pressure from the left, political debate will continue to shift ever rightward, just as it has under Bill Clinton and during Obama's first term.
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Destroying a Bridge to Somewhere
Infrastructure is just another big word invented by tax-and-spend liberals.
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Stupid Stuff
The Middle East wars, Guantanamo and the unconditional support of Israel are ongoing examples of “stupid stuff.”