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Bill Moyers on His Legendary Journalism Career: “Democracy Should Be a Brake on Unbridled Greed and Power” (2)
How Peer Pressure Creates Social Change
People are rarely swayed by information alone. If they were, the cigarette industry would have collapsed when the first Surgeon General's report on smoking came out in 1964, and …
The Global Energy Crisis Deepens: Three Energy Developments That Are Changing Your Life
Energy prospects are growing dimmer.
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The SEC Foxes
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Steeper Pullout Is Raised as Option for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago, with some officials arguing …
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Rejoicing Amidst Confusion in Yemen as Leader Goes to Saudi Arabia
Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Photo: Presidential Press and Information Office) Washington - Yemen’s embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for urgent medical treatment …
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Risky Advice
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Natalia Devalle, NASA) Brighton – Why do we seem to be witnessing an increasing number of nasty technological surprises? Indeed, this …
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House Democrats Urge Obama Not to Cave on Medicare
Washington - House Democrats pressed President Obama on Thursday not to cave in budget talks with Republicans, especially by yielding on cuts to Medicare. Maintaining the Medicare …
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Disrupted Economy and Disruptive Technology
We have seen residential housing lose what little steam it had built up. Jobs numbers, due Friday, are likely to show moderation in the pace of new job creation. …
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FBI’s Counterterrorism Operations Scrutinizing Political Activists
For at least three years, counterterrorism agents monitored the comings and goings at Scott Crow's home in Austin, Tex. (Photo: Caleb Bryant Miller / The New York Times) …