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Ukraine Loses Its Way (2)
Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych Keiv. (Photo: IsraelMFA / Flickr) Prague – Since the election of President Viktor Yanukovych in 2010, Ukraine has experienced a significant and alarming …
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For the Governor of Vermont, a Crash Course in Disaster Management
Pittsfield, Vermont - After helicoptering into this flood-ravaged town and delivering a pep talk to residents who had been stranded for three days and counting, Gov. Peter Shumlin asked …
North Dakota’s Economic “Miracle” – It’s Not Oil
The state-owned Bank of North Dakota is credited with the state's relatively healthy economy. (Photo: banknd.nd.gov) In an article in The New York Times on August 19th …
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Cheney Memoir
U.S. Wasting Billions While Tripling No-Bid Contracts After Decade of War in Iraq, Afghanistan
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Meet The New American Sweatshop
The professional carwash industry is a $23 billion enterprise, one which more and more Americans make use of every year. If you visited a carwash lately – which judging …
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On the Obama Administration’s Pressuring of NY Attorney General Office
Gretchen Morgenson’s must-read article, “Attorney General of N.Y. Is Said to Face Pressure on Bank Foreclosure Deal,” reveals how the Obama administration is putting pressure on attorneys general, especially …
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Rio+20: Beyond the Legacy of Despair
In June 2012, there will be a follow-up to the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro twenty years earlier. The upcoming summit (Rio + 20) will focus on …
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The Murdoch Media Empire Has Cost Humanity Decades in the Battle Against Climate Change
[R]eality becomes so distorted that The Australian was able to state earlier this month, “it is in keeping with this newspaper’s rationalist pedigree that we have long accepted the …
Vocalo Interview: Robert Naiman on the Benefits of Cutting Military Spending
“There's lots of stuff that you can do to help people in other countries that doesn't kill anybody and is comparatively cheap...” The U.S. Government faces a …