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Delegitimizing Public Education
The quality of American education is going to get worse. Count on it. And contrary to the conventional wisdom, the main reason isn’t going to be the loss of …
The Real ClimateGate: Why the IPCC Stands Stronger Than Ever (Part 2)
In part 1, we showed that the University of East Anglia climate "email scandal" was nothing but a colossal waste of time that proved only the hysterical idiocy of …
Simon Johnson | G20: Profound and Complete Disappointment for the US Treasury
Early Friday I went through the G20 communique for the Wall Street Journal; a marked up copy is available on-line. It is hard to imagine how the summit could …
Shocking State Fair Scandal, Wage Theft Epidemic, Spur Nationwide Protests
Activists in more than 30 cities, organized by Interfaith Workers Justice and backed by labor groups, are staging a National Day of Action Against Wage Theft on November 18.
Unsafe Abortion: The Cost to National Health Systems
This is the third in a series of articles from Keeping Our Promise: Addressing Unsafe Abortion in Africa this week. The conference has brought together more than 250 health …
William Astore | NFL Too Violent? Beware the Commercials
Recently, the NFL has cracked down on helmet-to-helmet hits and other manifestations of "unnecessary roughness." This is all to the good. Football is violent enough without players risking concussion …
Haiti’s Unnatural Disasters
As hurricane Tomas unleashed its wrath on Haiti, hundreds of thousands of Haitians endured the storm under flimsy tents, tarps and bedsheets located on floodplains and perched on mudslide-prone …
May 13, 1985 and the Legalization of Murder
VIDEO: Part two of our May, 2010 interview with Ramona Africa. In this segment, Ramona gives her personal account of May 13, 1985. Watch part one here.
UN Torture Rapporteur: “Couldn’t Be More Clear” That Waterboarding Is Torture, “Immoral and Illegal“
In a interview with the Dallas Morning News published yesterday, former President Bush touted his authorization of waterboarding as a key accomplishment to “leav[ing] behind a firmer foundation for …
The Real ClimateGate: Getting Over the Nonexistent “Email Scandal” (Part 1)
Over the last few weeks, in the run-up to the official UK release of my new book "A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization" on October 4, I've …