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What Could $1 Trillion in Mineral Wealth Mean for Afghanistan?
Kabul - US and Afghan officials claim to have discovered more than $1 trillion in untapped copper, iron, and lithium deposits in Afghanistan, enough to significantly bolster the future …

David Sirota | Putting the “I” in the Environment
For those who are not (yet) heartless cynics or emotionless Ayn Rand acolytes, the now-famous photographs of sludge-soaked pelicans on the Gulf Coast are painful to behold. It's those …

The Most Perfect Game: A Modern-Day Parable of Grace, Accountability and Forgiveness
There are three things of which I am certain about Detroit Tigers' pitcher Armando Galarraga's one-hit shutout of the Cleveland Indians earlier this month: 1) By getting every batter …

Mandatory Injustice: Losing the War on Drugs
Stephanie Nodd grew up in Mobile, Alabama. The young African-American became pregnant in ninth grade and dropped out of school to care for her child. She was barely 20 …

Through the Looking Glass: The Myth of Israeli Exceptionalism
In the bloody wake of the Mavi Marmara, with its righteous torrent of international outrage, and in view of a new confrontation impending at sea, a point of vital …

Is Being Half There O.K.?
You've seen the zombie parents on the streets and at the mall. Off in some cell-phone cloud, they pay no attention to what's in the stroller. It could be …

Gulf War Syndrome
Washington - It's great that President Obama and his advisers finally seem to understand the atmospherics of responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Now if they'd only …

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EXCLUSIVE: Documents, Employees Reveal BP’s Alaska Oilfield Plagued By Major Safety Issues
Nearly 5,000 miles from the oil-spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP and its culture of cost-cutting are contributing to another environmental mess. According to internal …

“Lure People Into That Calm and Then Just Totally F—k ‘Em”: How All of Us Pay for the Derivatives Market (2)
Derivatives are a hotbed of abuses and bailouts. So why are taxpayers footing the bill? For the Wall Street reform package currently making its way through Congress to work, …

Private Contractors and Covert Wars in Latin America
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) threatened to issue subpoenas against the U.S. Defense and State Departments last month if they continue to refuse to accurately account for billions of …