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World Social Forum: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances
Atlanta, Georgia - With civil society gearing up for the 2010 World Social Forum, and later this summer, the 2010 U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan, activists here say …
US Spending in Afghanistan Plagued by Poor US Oversight
Washington - The U.S. has spent more than $732 million to improve Afghanistan's electrical grid since 2002, but delays and rising costs have plagued many of the projects in …
I See a Quake in Your Future. Sometime
A lucid look at decades of failed attempts to reach seismology's Holy Grail: the precise prediction of when earthquakes will occur. Science is messy. For every step forward on …
The Scum of the Earth
Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, GOP luminaries Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh have once again waded into a catastrophic tragedy with all the care and concern of hammerhead …
Everything Solid Melts: Dickens and Madoff
I am not surprised that since the economic collapse, which began in late 2007, we have not heard mention of Charles Dickens' character Mr. Merdle.
Obama Plans to Ask Congress for Another $33 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
The Obama administration plans to ask Congress for an extra $33 billion to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to an Associated Press report. The $33 billion …
Trade Policy: B
The Obama administration is earning a B on trade policy so far, mostly on the grounds that no news is good news in this area. Some analysts might feel …
Non-Christians Need Not Apply
World vision hires only Christians under its $250 million in government foreign aid grants. Obama promised to change that. So why hasn't he? Bamako, Mali - For a year …
Community in Crisis Looks to Its Agricultural Roots
Taos, New Mexico - Renowned for its historic Native American pueblo, cultural ties to Spain, bohemian artists, and world-class ski resort, Taos is also one of the many communities …
Keeping Same-Sex Marriage in the Dark
On Wednesday, a conservative majority of the Supreme Court overturned a ruling made by a federal trial judge that would have allowed limited television coverage of a trial that …