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China’s Climate Change Talks: What’s Changed Since Copenhagen?
Taipei, Taiwan - United Nations climate officials say they hope to get talks for a new global deal on carbon cuts back on track after last year's climate talk …
The Economic Hit Man Confesses Again: An Interview With John Perkins
Reclama: Thank you for the opportunity to interview you. We've found that many Peace Corps Volunteers have read your books. One told me that "Confessions of an Economic Hit …
One Nation With No Jobs
Tens of thousands of Americans rallied for jobs and justice at the Lin
Unemployed: Stranded on the Sidelines of a Jobs Crisis
[Research support for this story was provided by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.] Sometime in early June — he's not exactly sure which day — Rick Rembold …
Pakistan Drone Attacks Kill Germans Suspected in Europe Terror Plot
Islamabad, Pakistan - A Predator drone strike in Pakistan’s rugged Tribal Areas killed a number of German nationals late Monday, as part of a surge of drone attacks widely …
In School Outreach, BP and NOAA “Dispel Myths” About Dispersants, Subsurface Oil
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Firefighters Let Family’s House Burn Down Because Owner Didn’t Pay $75 Fee
Talk of limited government is appealing until you see what it actually means in practice: a society in which it's every man for himself. Thanks to 30 years of …
Israel Deports Peace Laureate
Ramallah - Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to …
When Generosity Hurts: Bill Gates, Public School Teachers and the Politics of Humiliation
High stakes accountability and punishing modes of leadership, regardless of the damage they wreak on students and teachers, are now the only game in town when it comes to …
New Scramble for Africa’s Land
Nairobi, Kenya and New Delhi, India - More than a century ago Mark Twain encouraged people to, “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” Today, nations, companies and financiers …