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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.
William J. Astore | George Steinbrenner and the Relentless Pursuit of Victory
As a lifelong Red Sox fan, my perspective on George Steinbrenner is slanted. To me, he was the leader of the “evil empire,” the annoying, meddlesome, yet admittedly successful …
Toxic Dispersants Near Gulf Harm Humans and Wildlife
My eyes are burning as I type this. We've just returned from spending the day down in Barataria, located about an hour's drive south of New Orleans. The community …
Ellen Brown | How Brokers Became Bookies
“You all are the house, you're the bookie. [Your clients] are booking their bets with you. I don't know why we need to dress it up. It's a bet.” …
Obama Crafts First National Strategy to Fight HIV/AIDS
The Obama administration is set to unveil America's first HIV/AIDS strategy on Tuesday. It includes no new funding, but redirects dollars toward the most at-risk and affected groups. Washington …
JoAnn Wypijewski: What Democrats Are Up Against in November (VIDEO)
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Closing the Wealth Gap
Although the wage gap between white and African-American workers remains wide, it has been shrinking. But that's not so for the more significant black and white wealth gap. A …
News in Brief: Iranian Nuclear Scientist Claims Kidnapping by CIA, and More
An Iranian nuclear scientist, who has been missing for over a year, surfaced at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington Tuesday, saying he had been abducted by the CIA. Shahram …
The Disappearing Intellectual in the Age of Economic Darwinism
We live at a time that might be appropriately called the age of the disappearing intellectual, a disappearance that marks with disgrace a particularly dangerous period in American history. …
The Hidden Casualties of the Great Recession
The June labor market report announced that the unemployment rate is down from 9.7 to 9.5 percent and 83,000 private-sector jobs were created in June. Unfortunately, the situation isn’t …