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The Gulf at the Gas Station: Can We Calculate the True Cost of Our Dependence on Oil?
This might be an opportune time to make a disclosure: I am a BP shareholder. Admittedly, I’ve never attended the company’s annual meeting, and if I did, I would …
The Roots of the GOP’s Birth Citizenship Mania
Republican leaders have spent the last couple of weeks reigniting a 140-year-old constitutional debate: Whether the 14th Amendment should grant citizenship to everyone born inside United States territory. South …
“Neoliberalism and the Academic-Industrial Complex“
A recently published New York Times article entitled “The Academic-Industrial Complex” (July 31, 2010) outlines the growing trend of university presidents and other senior university officials serving on corporate …
Dr. James J. Zogby | GOP Drift
Republicans have dug a deep hole for themselves on matters related to the Middle East and Islam, reflecting the extent to which the Party has become captive of the …
Re-Hire the Teachers and Retire the Chancellor
“We are going to impose the new evaluation tools regardless” [of the outcome of talks with the union]. "We are going to be moving people out who are not …
Single Women Fend for Themselves in Recession
On the heels of another dismal job report and a flaming national debate over the meaning of marriage, the Center for American Progress presents a snapshot of the unmarried …
Mining for El Salvador’s Gold – in Washington
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel to Cabañas, El Salvador, to meet with some of the bravest and most successful environmental activists in the world. Ordinary …
The Climate Agency: A Letter to President Obama
Dear Mr. President, The world is in crisis. There may not be a crisis in the Oval Office or the climate-controlled West Wing, but for the rest of us …
Political Will Necessary to End High Child Mortality Rate in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa - By the time Thandi Khumalo* brought her seven-month-old daughter to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, help came too late. The infant …
Proposed Lowe’s Drywall Settlement Offers Small Payouts to Victims, Big Fees for Attorneys
Lowe’s Companies Inc., the nation’s No. 2 home improvement chain, has set off a legal firestorm by agreeing to a national settlement over tainted drywall in a class-action suit …