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Memo to the Media: the US Spends Six Times More on Military Than China
The Defense Department has just released its annual assessment of China’s military capabilities and development to Congress. The report is being covered in much of the media as a …
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The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention
Events in Libya and Syria have again brought to the forefront the question of armed humanitarian intervention or the “responsibility to protect.” Our hearts all go out …
Wave of Illegal, Senseless and Violent Evictions Swells in Port-au-Prince
Mathias O is 34 years old. He is one of about 600,000 people still homeless from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He lives with his wife and her …
Arrested at the White House: Acting as a Living Tribute to Martin Luther King
Writer and climate activist Bill McKibben was among several dozen arrested outside the White House on August 20 at the start of more than two weeks of planned demonstrations …
Quality “Time Served” for the Climate
Since the start of Saturday’s Tar Sands Action in Washington DC, 275 people have been arrested in front of the White House—with nearly 2,000 more expected to follow—as part …
Depleted Uranium Weapon Use Persists, Despite Deadly Side Effects
Depleted Uranium rounds are seen aboard the USS Missouri. (Image: Public Domain) By 2003, reports were surfacing of cancer clusters and birth disorders in conflict areas of …
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NATO Joins Hunt for Qaddafi
Tripoli, Libya - NATO was reported on Thursday to be providing significant support in the hunt for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi as rebels traded fire with their adversaries in Tripoli …
Keystone XL Protesters Up Against Faded Interest in US Climate Effort
Washington - Close to noon Tuesday, frustrated tourist Ron Higgins of Los Angeles tries to maneuver a classic, dead-on shot of the north side of the White House with …
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War: Too Big to Fail
Troops lined up in formation, preparing to get on a plane bound for Iraq. (Photo: j. botter) A pair of vitally important news reports were lost recently …