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Elected officials need to do a better job of asking the right questions before they make a decision that we'll live with for decades. Too often, a …

It may be a first in the annals of government secrecy: Declassifying documents to mark the anniversary of their leak to the press. But that is what will happen …

Bill Moyers, July 21, 1965. (Photo: Yoichi Okamoto / Wikimedia)

Malalai Joya. (Photo: AfghanKabul / Flickr) Malalai Joya is an Afghan activist, author and former politician. She served as an elected member of the 2003 Loya Jirga …

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) How I wish that Ben Bernanke would get caught emailing photos of his underwear-clad …

(Photo: Scott Robinson / Flickr) Introduction Although the credit crunch has pushed the issue of the global food crisis to the background, it is …

(Image: Lance Page / Truthout) In the early 1980s, the Pentagon was in the midst of several new generations of tanks, aircraft and missiles, especially during the …

Tripoli, Libya - Waves of NATO fighter planes hit the Libyan capital Tuesday with one of the largest bombardments of the city since the Western-led alliance began airstrikes almost …

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