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With War Crimes Argument Banned, Manning’s Military Trial Is Judicial Lynching
Chris Hedges: The government has effectively muzzled Manning's defense team.
Questions Surround the Kidnapping of Two Jesuit Priests in Argentina
It is unlikely that the questions and uncertainty swirling around Pope Francis's role in the kidnapping of two Jesuit priests during the Argentine military dictatorship will ever be definitively …
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Rape and Other Sexual Violence Prevalent in the Juvenile Justice System
Hundreds of teen-agers are raped or sexually assaulted during their stays in the country's juvenile detention facilities, and many of them are victimized repeatedly, according to a US Department …
The Price of Power to a Nation
On the sprawling Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation it surrounds, Peabody Western Coal Company routinely uproots families to extract coal that provides cheap electricity for much of the …
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For the First Time, US to Lease Offshore Wind Blocks
The US is thought to have around 4,000 gigawatts of offshore wind potential - almost four times the country's current electricity production of all types.
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The Price of Immigration Reform Is Steep
The Senate's proposed bill further transforms our immigration policy into a corporate labor supply system.
The Impossible Community: An Interview With John P. Clark on Grassroots Revolution
In light of the obvious destructive effects of systems within which we are obliged to strive for quantity of goods for one over quality of life for all, we …
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Sweetheart Deferred Prosecution Deals for Swiss Banks in the Works
Former chief economist at McKinsey & Co., James Henry, says it's time for the Justice Department to bring down the hammer on tax evasion.
“The Awakening That’s Happening”: Local, Sustainable Food
Examples in the movement to create local, sustainable food systems are virtually endless. Here are just a few.
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Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now
The war on drugs is like the classic mafia protection racket: our government creates a perpetual problem and then charges us exorbitantly to ‘protect’ us from it.