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Environment
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Chuck Hagel and the American Empire
Will Chuck Hagel essentially be a cipher as Defense Secretary?
Idle No More: From Grassroots to Global Movement
After sparking a massive movement of First Nations people and allies in Canada, Idle No More is building a global movement to challenge a global ecological crisis.
Rebecca Solnit on How Disasters Can Move Us From a Sense of Self-Interest to a Sense of Community
Solnit explains how revolution can arise from the rubble.
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The Myth of Purifying Fracking Water in Saudi America: The Competition Between Food, Drink and Energy Needs
In drought areas, farmers compete with frackers for water from investor-owned water utilities.
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Automatic Congressional Allegiance
Dam Shame: Rivers and Resistance
Massive dams are being built and considered all over the world, despite mounting concern over their economic, environmental and human impacts.
Haitian Farmers’ Calamitous 2012 Foretells Famine in 2013
Haiti faces a little-publicized hunger crisis at today's 3-year anniversary of the devastating Earthquake of January 12, 2010. The rhetoric about revitalizing Haitian agriculture by aid groups and governments …
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Questions That Need Asking
Hilary Clinton masterfully handled the Senate hearings on the attack in Benghazi proving that it is time to move on and focus US attention to the growing conflict in …
Debt Ceiling Games – Court Could End Leverage
Whether or not President Obama can simply rule to pay bills owed by the United States and bring the country financial relief depends on the courts.
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Can a Paradise Be Built in Hell?
Rebecca Solnit: To be passive in the face of disappointment is to ensure that injustice prevails.