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Bin Laden Dead, Says Obama
Tweet Washington — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted …
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Ecological Scarcity, Poverty and Development
The Triple Crisis Blog is pleased to welcome Edward B. Barbier, John S. Bugas Professor of Economics at the University of Wyoming, as a regular blogger.
Canadian Parliamentary Election: Know Your ABCs – Anyone but Conservatives
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, at 2010 G8 Summit and Toronto G20 Summit. (Photo: Remy Steinegger / World Economic Forum) To a majority of Americans, there …
Losing Sleep Over Bradley Manning
Phone home, Mr. President. Laurence Tribe, the legendary constitutional law professor, is really ticked off with you. That should be some kind of wake up call. Because …
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“What Will Happen to Me?“
(Image: Good Books) “What Will Happen to Me?” Howard Zehr and Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz (Good Books, 2010) $14.95US/$14.95CAN, ISBN-10: 9781561486892 In 2004, …
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History of Seventies Activism Debunks “Me Generation” Myth
(Image: Rutgers University Press) The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism Edited by Dan Bergen Rutgers University Press, 2010 Thirty-five years ago, journalist Tom …
Disaster Tourism: Honest Altruism or Insensitive Voyeurism?
A man walks through what remains of a police station destroyed in fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces, in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / …
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Questioning Obama’s Americanism
Some Americans, especially on the Left, seem to have almost forgotten that Barack Obama is an African-American whose rise to the presidency was one of the most unlikely political …
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Student Occupations at Five Campuses (Video)
Students at Tulane University sit in. (Screengrab: stopsweatshops) When it comes to budget cuts and policies that hurt students and campus workers, student activists are refusing to …
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Syrian Forces Seize Mosque That Was Uprising’s Symbol
Al-Omari Mosque, central Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo: delayed gratification) Beirut, Lebanon - Backed by tanks, helicopters and snipers, the Syrian military seized a landmark mosque that had become …