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A Year Before 9/11, Intelligence Unit Determined World Trade Center, Pentagon “Most Likely Buildings to Be Attacked“
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, just as he has done in years past, a top military intelligence analyst identified by the US government only as “Iron Man” will …
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Germany Crafts Its Nuclear Power Exit Strategy
One surprising development this summer is the international vogue for shutting down nuclear plants. Germany led the way in the spring — startling even its own industry leaders — …
The Legacy of 9/11 and the War on Intellectuals
(Photo: Bob Jagendorf / Flickr) Ten years after 9/11, for the first time, a plurality of Americans recognizes that US policy in the Middle East played a …
Mexico’s “Indignados” Have Had It Up to Here
Tombstones memorialize victims of repression and violence. (Photos: David Bacon Mexico City - Last week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon gave the fifth state of the nation speech …
The Great Bank Robbery
New York – For the American economy – and for many other developed economies – the elephant in the room is the amount of money paid to bankers over …
Business as Usual Is Destroying America
(Photo: Brent Danley / Flickr) The national efforts to stem the tide of pollution in the 1960s and 1970s made a difference: Americans had the Environmental Protection …
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Bird-Dogging Torturers in NYC
As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 nears, many ex-Bush administration officials who approved torture in the “war on terror” and botched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are back …
Hail to the True Victors of Rupert’s Revolution
Muammar Qaddafi. (Photo: Jesse B. Awalt / Wikimedia) On 13 September, one of the world's biggest arms fairs opens in London, backed by the British government. On …
The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive
(Image: Center for Economic and Policy Research) Progressives need a fundamentally new approach to politics. They have been losing not just because conservatives have so much more …
The Kids Count
(Photo: Thomas Hawk / Flickr) ‘'If the top earners are O.K., then the rest of us will be O.K.'’ That piece of economic sleight of …