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G8 Commits $5 Billion to Maternal and Child Health, but Big Questions Remain
The first day of the G8 Summit answered some of the questions that maternal, newborn and child health advocates had about Canada’s signature G8 initiative, The Muskoka Initiative for …
Nine Years On, Only 41 Percent of Americans Believe US Can “Win” in Afghanistan
Until recently, the nine-year conflict in Afghanistan had become “the forgotten war” for many Americans – a complaint increasingly heard among US troops there. But this week’s sacking of …
The New National Security State
Editor's Note: In this exclusive excerpt from his forthcoming spy thriller, “Inside Out,” former CIA operative turned bestselling author Barry Eisler "takes us on a tour of the darkest …
Monsanto, Big Brother of the New World Agricultural Order: An Interview With Marie-Monique Robin
Award-winning French journalist and filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin is the author of “The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption and the Control of Our Food Supply” (The New Press) and …
What to Expect at G20: Lots and Lots of Cops
Toronto, Canada - If you want to see more police officers than you’ve probably ever seen in your life, come to Toronto this weekend. Downtown, particularly in the area …
Big Banks Escape Toughest Limits in New Regulation Bill
Washington - Like a hard-fought draw in a World Cup soccer match, consumers won sweeping new protections under a revamp of financial regulation that lawmakers agreed to Friday but …
North Dakota Farm Becomes Lab for Growing Food in Dry Times
I learned the important lessons about water very early in my life. My father and mother began their life on our family farm in North Dakota in 1930. Their …
Maslow
What are the fundamental forces that drive human behavior? A group of evolutionary thinkers offer an answer by revising one of psychology’s most familiar images.
Hands Off Social Security: There Are Better Ways to Cut the National Debt
The Social Security Trustees' Annual Report on the program's finances comes out Wednesday, delayed from March by the health bill. It will be turned into a marketing tool by …
Guitars Not Wars (2)
What happens when music fails to inspire, but instead only entertains? Is such a thing possible, and is it happening now? Social justice, politics and music have always …