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Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul: Get Ready for NATO in May
NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Eric Wilson / Flickr) Kabul - NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 this year in …
Mining Ban: Good for the Grand Canyon, but Not for El Salvador?
With patriotic fanfare, the Obama administration announced this week that it would ban new uranium mining projects around the Grand Canyon. At a ceremony at the National Geographic Society …
Bill Moyers: Occupy a Cause
(Image: Moyers & Co.) What’s the common cause behind Occupy protesters? The Moyers & Company team visited the Occupy Wall Street site several times between …
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
A foreclosed home in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created …
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Haitian Farmers Undermined by Food Aid
(Photo: uusc4all / Flickr) In the months following Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, the United States government spent $140 million on a food program that benefited U.S. …
Few Keystone XL Jobs Would Go to Residents on Pipeline Route
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has been publicized as a major jobs creator, but recent unemployment figures indicate that few of those jobs will go to people who live …
The Apocalyptics
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (Photo: John W. Adkisson / The New York Times) They’re like a heavy metal band. Dress them up in black, put some …
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Bomb Kills Dozens in Southern Iraq
Baghdad - Insurgents mounted another vicious attack against Iraq’s Shiites on Saturday, as an explosion ripped through a group of pilgrims in the southern city of Basra who were …
Moyers & Co.: How Washington and Big Business Colluded to Make the Rich Richer
This weekend Bill Moyers returns to television with Moyers & Company. In his first show, Bill explores how Washington made the rich richer at the expense of the middle …
Fracking: Anatomy of a Free Market Failure
A recent New York Times article reported that rural landowners who had signed leases with gas and oil companies exchanging drilling rights on their property for royalty payments have …