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BPing the Arctic?: Will the Obama Administration Allow Shell Oil to Do to Arctic Waters What BP Did to the Gulf?
Bear with me. I'll get to the oil. But first you have to understand where I've been and where you undoubtedly won't go, but Shell's drilling rigs surely will …
BPing the Arctic? Will the Obama Administration Allow Shell Oil to Do to Arctic Waters What BP Did to the Gulf? (2)
Bear with me. I'll get to the oil. But first you have to understand where I've been and where you undoubtedly won't go, but Shell's drilling rigs surely will …
A “New World Order” Is Possible
This article was published in Fohla de São Paulo, Brazil's largest circulation newspaper, on May 25, 2010. The English version appears below; the Portuguese version is here Em Português.
Anti-Choice Woman-Hating Goes Mainstream
With this brief quote, the speaker, the Rev. John Ehrich, medical ethics director for the Diocese of Phoenix, deserves credit for achieving a twofer in a recently revived (if …
Making Latin America’s Cities Women-Friendly
Rosario, Argentina - "Violence against women is not only domestic, it also happens in the streets. Not having the right to feel safe in a city square or at …
Dumbing Down Teachers: Attacking Colleges of Education in the Name of Reform
We must take matters of education seriously if we are going to survive as a democracy.
News in Brief: Administration Backs Compromise on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and More …
The discriminatory “don't ask, don't tell” policy governing the presence of gays and lesbians in the military could be repealed, as President Obama reached a deal with key Democrats …
From South Asia, With No Love for NPT
Is New York hosting a historic event? Are the imposing United Nations headquarters witnessing intensive discussions of an international treaty that may prove a turning point in the human …
Will Glenn Beck
America has this long tradition of twisted, odd, widely beloved and yet darkly dangerous right-wing cultural impresarios that pop up out of our landscape like cultural tornadoes, leaving huge …
Regulators Conducted Lax Oversight of Oil Industry, Report Uncovers
A new report to be released this week will detail inappropriate behavior by federal regulators charged with oversight of drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from conducting …