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Landlocked Bolivia’s Symbolic Step Seaward
A Matter of National Pride On October 19th, Peruvian President Alan García and Bolivian President Evo Morales signed an accord granting Bolivia access to a small stretch of …
Indonesia: This Volcano Brought to You By Philip Morris
Yogyakarta, Indonesia — Nobody is allowed to smoke in the Sampoerna Rescue camp. The cluster of leaky, ash-covered canvas tents that has been set up in a muddy field …
The Definition of Insanity
Last month, the Washington Post published an op-ed by Jack Devine, former CIA deputy director of operations and chief of the CIA Afghan Task Force. When I read it, …
A Teenage Activist … This Girl’s Soapbox: “It Smelled Like a Chemistry Project!“
Editor's Note: A Teenage Activist... This Girl's Soapbox is a blog created by 16-year-old Elora Malama to document her high-school senior project about the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, …
Sinking the Breakwater: Surfers in Long Beach Seek to Dismantle a Decades-Old Navy Relic
From an environmental perspective, the battered coastline that butts up against Long Beach, California is something of a tragedy, a remnant of an idyllic oceanfront that once was. It's …
Be Careful What You Wish For
OK, so it's over. The deal has gone down, and the US House of Representatives is now in the slippery hands of John Boehner and the GOP. The Senate …
Lindsey Graham Calls for War to “Neuter” the Iranian Regime
Speaking at a security conference in Canada yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took it upon himself to make U.S.-Iran policy, declaring that “Containment is off the table“:
Climate Deniers Set to Freeze Progress in Congress
A chill is coming to Washington. A wave of climate change deniers were elected to office this week, and come January, we can expect a freeze in all reasonable …
Want to Earn $10-12 an Hour? Be a
For years, banks and other companies handling foreclosures have turned to cheap labor to process the growing volume of foreclosures. At JPMorgan Chase, they were called “Burger King kids”—walk-in …
Obama Tells India That Pakistan Making Slow Progress on Terror
Mumbai — President Barack Obama on Sunday touched on the sensitive topic of Pakistan during a question-and-answer session with Indian students, defending the U.S. alliance with India's bitter rival …