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Refugee Camps May Model Future Society
While it should never be the case that a high percentage of the Haitian population remains living in refugee camps ten months after the earthquake, still camp residents have …
Conservative Distortions and Delusions: A Review of “I Want Your Money“
The new documentary by filmmaker Ray Griggs, "I Want Your Money"(released October 15) acts as a mouthpiece for the Republican Party. The November 2nd election is fast approaching and …
Climate Negotiations: Cloud Over Cancun?
In the last weeks, two hurricanes have threatened Cancún. Hurricane Paula veered east, hurricane Richard southwest, both sparing the resort city and venue for the upcoming UN Climate Change …
Deficit Rises, Hypocrisy Rises Faster
Over the eight years of George W. Bush's presidency, GOP lawmakers and some Democrats turned a budget surplus into the $1.2 trillion deficit hot potato handed off to President …
Net Neutrality and Broadband Access: A Civil Rights Issue
"Every man is our brother, and every man's burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reigns, all are …
There’s No Place Like Europe: Steven Hill on Medical House Calls, Multiparty Politics, and Other American Fantasies
While Europe is far from immune to the economic decline and resource scarcity it faces along with the rest of the world, columnist and author Steven Hill maintains that …
Obama Waives Sanctions for Four Countries That Use Child Soldiers
Washington - As a senator, Barack Obama supported legislation requiring the United States to cut off military aid to countries recruiting and deploying child soldiers.
Bigger than Beck? Huge Crowd Attends Restore Sanity Rally
Washington - Three days before hotly contested national elections, a pair of comedians drew tens of thousands to the National Mall on Saturday with a blend of jokes and …
The Overton Window More Poodle Than Panther
I'm pleased to announce that At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right... and Why We Should Take It Seriously is …
“Free Trade Doesn
“Free Trade Doesn’t Work: What Should Replace It and Why” by Ian Fletcher Some book reviews write themselves, because the book is so clear and articulate and easily read, …