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Fracking Success Shut Down US Climate Change Policy
Christopher Williams tells Paul Jay that the fabulous profits made from fracking oil and gas took climate change off Obama agenda, and while coal emissions may be down in …
Deconstructing Fed Vice Chair’s Grim Economic Forecast
PERI Co-Director Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer has ignored real solutions to improve the economy, like increasing wages.
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The Caveats of Ferguson and the Murder of Michael Brown
Why must one, in America, be confined to a living space that is essentially occupied by law enforcement because they are perceived as “dangerous animals”?
Armed With Military-Grade Weapons, Missouri Police Crack Down on Protests Over Michael Brown Shooting
The Missouri town of Ferguson looks like a war zone as police fire tear gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs to break up a fifth night of protests over …
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Rail Workers Revolt Against Driving Solo
On July 16, thousands of railroaders abruptly learned their union officers had held secret negotiations with BNSF.
Cry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement, Odious Debt or Pillage?
Argentina was the richest country in Latin America before decades of neoliberal and IMF-imposed economic policies drowned it in debt.
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Briefing the President but Keeping the Public in the Dark
Washington prepared some grim early estimates of the death and destruction that would come from a nuclear war with Russia, but kept the details secret for more than 50 …
Another Another Night of Violence in Ferguson, Governor Relieves Local Police
Police presence in Ferguson has been described as creating a near war-zone-like atmosphere.
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Sunny Future
Who wouldn't welcome a surge in solar power?
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