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War – What Is It Good for?
Absolutely nothing, according to latest work by San Anselmo filmmaker. Born in 1914, the first year of World War I, poet William Stafford grew up hearing war horror …
International Community Must Demand an Impartial Investigation Into Recent Killings in Kashmir
Washington, DC - On July 9, 2010, Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, executive director of the Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center, made an imperative appeal for the international community to come …
Taliban Attacks Kill Eight US Soldiers Within 24 Hours
Taliban attacks on Tuesday night and Wednesday killed eight US soldiers within a 24-hour period, highlighting the intensifying insurgency waged by the Taliban, which this year is carrying out …
Creating Food Sovereignty for Small-Scale Farmers
This interview with Raj Patel, award-winning writer, activist and academic, was originally featured as a two part series on Nourishing the Planet. Location: San Francisco Can you please explain …
George Lakoff | Save, Baby, Save: A Barrel Saved Is a Barrel Not Needed – Ever!
The Death Gusher in the Gulf should tell us to end offshore drilling forever. The reason is simple: Systemic risk! Better regulations won't end what went wrong: Corporate greed, …
How Climate Change in South America Affects the Entire Planet: An Interview With Nikolas Kozloff
Nikolas Kozloff is the author of “Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the US and Revolution,” a Financial Times Best Book in 2008. An expert on South …
BP’s Well May Leak for 55 Years or More Into the Gulf of Mexico?
On June 15, 2010 the US Department of Energy announced that a group of federal and independent scientists convened by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of the Interior …
Senate May Extend Federal Jobless Benefits Next Week
Washington - It's been about six weeks since funding for extended jobless benefits expired, and by the end of this week, an estimated 2.5 million people will have lost …
Ruth Marcus | Formula for Budgetary Disaster
Washington - Sometimes an obscure lobbying fight tells a larger story. This phenomenon is playing out right now on the unlikely issue of infant formula — and the broader, …
Nick Turse | Death on Your Doorstep: What Sebastian Junger and Restrepo Won’t Tell You About War
I've never heard a shot fired in anger. But I might know a little bit more about war than Sebastian Junger.