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Special Investigation: The Pesticides and Politics of America’s Eco-War
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Carl Mueller / Flickr) Keith Starvrum stands on the banks of Willapa Bay, where the low tide has revealed long lines …
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When You Don’t Need to Worry About Facts
Masquerading behind an invocation to “wisdom” in the title, David Brooks today finds his false equivalence (see here for another example) by comparing the two parties' approaches to Medicare: …
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Yemeni Opposition Aims to Strip President of Power
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Yemeni opposition leaders and protesters intensified their demands on Wednesday for the creation of a presidential council that would take power from the country’s …
Why the Rich – Corporations and Wealthy Individuals – Can and Should Pay More in Taxes
Why March-April’s Job Gains Will Collapse This Summer
The jobs crisis is far from over.
General Keane Keen on Iran Attack
Celebrating a reunion with close friends of Fordham College (class of 1961) on a perfect June day in New York should be a time of little or no stress. …
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Romney: The Canary in the GOP Coal Mine
Stratham, N.H.- The bales of hay were stacked strategically in the hope that they'd make it into the television screen. The sturdy white barn nearby provided an image worthy …
The Hidden History of Mexico/US Labor Solidarity
The line of cars waiting to cross from Mexico into the United States. (Photo: Quentin Xerxes Zamfir / Flickr) In the period since the North American Free …
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Pakistan’s Road to China
An elderly man sells pastries to a gathering crowd outside the compound where Osama bin Laden was reportedly killed in Abottabad, Pakistan, May 4, 2011. (Photo: Warrick Page / …
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Women Lose Livelihood Centres to Militants
Peshawar - Housewife Shahida Jabeen was devastated when she heard the news that she could no longer take sewing and embroidery classes at the local training centre in her …