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The Green Economy Is Here and It Ain’t Pretty
Many of us have long advocated a green economy where jobs were generated in sectors like alternative energy and recycling. It was our hope that this economy could be …
Sudan Pulls Apart
GlobalPost Editor's note: "Divided they stand" is a three-part series on Sudan, covering the lead-up to January's referendum vote on the South's independence, the divisions that already split the …
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Arrested in London on Sex-Related Charges
Julian Assange, editor in chief of WikiLeaks, was arrested Tuesday morning in London on rape charges from Sweden, adding a new wrinkle to the ongoing furor over WikiLeaks' controversial …
Crocodile Tears
Privacy Is Passe, So Broadcast Yourself (to Big Brother)
"You had to live – you did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every …
Phlogiston Economics: The Need to Dispel the Free Hand and Create Jobs Instead
We can laugh now at phlogiston theory – the 17th century idea that all materials that could be burnt contained phlogiston, an odorless, colorless substance. The concept seemed sound, …
If Cancun Climate Talks Falter, Blame the US (2)
The most recent round of United Nations-led climate change negotiations began this week in Cancun, and although international expectations are muted this year, the stakes are still high. As …
Big Polluters Freed From Environmental Oversight by Stimulus
In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the nation’s biggest polluters and …
Fighting the Black Anti-Abortion Campaign: Trusting Black Women
Sixty-five billboards were quickly erected in predominantly African American neighborhoods in Atlanta on February 5, 2010. Each showed a sorrowful picture of a black male child proclaiming, "Black Children …
Rumors and Pessimism Reign Midway Through Cancun Summit
Cancun, Mexico - At the end of the first week of climate negotiations under way in this Mexican Caribbean resort city, it seems a distant possibility that the nearly …