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John Feffer | BP and Sado-Messochism
Have the messes we've been making finally reached a point where they can't be cleaned up? Aside from the occasional asteroid and volcanic outburst, human beings are responsible for …
US Social Forum: Investigative Journalism and Its Value to Movements
For many activists and organizers for social justice, the media aspect of organizing has typically meant having a good list of press contacts and aiming to get your action …
Gulf Oil Spill: Pensacola Beach Covered in Tar Balls
Pensacola Beach, Fla. - Along at least eight miles of this part of the Florida coast, tar balls from the Gulf oil spill washed ashore Tuesday night. …
Joe Conason | Searching for Solutions to Global Warming in Africa
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - What would the wealthy nations of the West (and their rising rivals in the East) do if they actually wanted to prevent catastrophic warming? …
Joshua Greer | Make BP the New Al-Qaeda
It saddens me to write this, but I cannot deny the truth anymore. As one of the many twenty-something progressives who supported Barack Obama in 2008, I was high …
Black Republicans in 2010: Symbolism vs. Practical Politics
In the wake the election of President Obama a number of analysts and pundits have been calling the 2010 midterm elections the "year of the black Republican." According to …
Robert Scheer | General Discharge
After the brilliant Rolling Stone article by Michael Hastings, President Barack Obama has no valid option other than to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Not because of the dozen outrageous …
Gen. David Petraeus Nod Reopens Issue of Withdrawal Deadline
Gen. David Petraeus is likely to win Senate confirmation as the top US commander in Afghanistan. But the hearing could reopen a debate on strategy, especially the 2011 planned …
“Thinking About Ourselves and Our Future”: Rural Haitian Women Organize
"If we rural women can organize ourselves together to form a bloc, we could accomplish a lot of things," says Yvette Michaud, founder of the National Coordinating Committee of …
Switch to Petraeus Betrays Afghan Policy Crisis
Washington - Despite President Barack Obama's denial that his decision to fire Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan and replace him with Gen. David Petraeus signified any …