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Six Reasons to Be Afraid of the Private Sector/Government Security State
Once corporations have legal immunity for cooperation with intelligence agencies, reclaiming rights that have been secretly annulled will be much more difficult, says author Beatrice Edwards.
Break the Silence: A World War Is Beckoning
Why do we tolerate the threat of another world war in our name? Why do we allow lies that justify this risk?
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Five Principles for Independent Media in 2014
We hope to help inform a conversation which has already begun, but which needs to move with some swiftness from one that is reactive to one that is proactive.
What Will the World Inherit From Genetically Engineered Salmon?
About 50 percent of the fish we eat are farmed. There is good reason for this as the world's commercial fisheries collapse through overfishing.
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Worried Sick About Vermont
Vermonters (and most Americans) tend to trust natural foods more than genetically engineered foods.
FACT Opposes Tax Breaks in Senate Bill That Shift Profits and Jobs Off-Shore
With the Senate set to take up consideration of a package of over 50 tax breaks, the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition is reminding the American people of …
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Up, Down, Right and Left, Kiev and Berlin
Trying to keep your footing on both an up and a down escalator at the same time is simply hard to imagine. Yet it gives an idea of Germanyu2019s …
Labor Rights Abuses Still Rampant Two Years into Colombia Free Trade Agreement
As the Colombia Free Trade Agreement reached its two-year anniversary today, labor and human rights organizations say the pactu2019s failure to curtail labor rights abuses in Colombia illustrates the …
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The Limits of Military Power
Is overwhelming national military power a reliable source of influence in world affairs?
The 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education in the Shadow of “School Choice”
Glen Ford: The corporate education reform movement has exacerbated inequities in public schools in the name of civil rights.