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Survey: No Nuclear Plants Meet New Safety Standards
According to an Asahi Shimbun survey, none of Japan's 16 power plants are up to standard, making them ineligible to be restarted.
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The Right Wing Assault on America Is Working
“Rather than the terrible failure of government as portrayed in the media...sequestration is a major victory for right wing forces in their long war to destroy social democracy,” writes …
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What’s Worth Learning?
Marion Brady's 2011 book u201cWhatu2019s Worth Learningu201d asks and answesr this question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every learner?
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US Consolidates Afghan Bases With Eye Toward Pulling Out
Forward Operating Base Apache, Afghanistan — At FOB Apache, U.S. military engineers are frantically finishing a second chow hall and a new recreational building four times bigger than the old …
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Gina McCarthy Tapped to Head EPA, Ernest Moniz to Lead Energy Department
President Barack Obama announces three cabinet-level nominations including Gina McCarthy for the Environmental Protection Agency, Ernest Moniz as his new Energy secretary.
“Talking Points” for Hagel on Iran
Despite a beating from Republicans, Ray McGovern suggests in these proposed u201ctalking pointsu201d that Chuck Hagel stuck to his principled reputation as someone who tells it like it is, …
Shadow Lives: How the War on Terror in England Became a War on Women and Children
Once, as a reporter, I covered wars, conflicts, civil wars, and even a genocide in places like Vietnam, Angola, Eritrea, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, keeping away …
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A Healthier, Not Endangered, American Society
Paul Krugman: We are now a cohabiting, free-love, free-religion dystopia - and it's O.K.
Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School “Reform” In LA?
The Waltons want to turn our educational choices into a junior version of the corporate world.
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