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That Much Petroleum is That Much Bullshit: China Won the Oil War, and the Shale Oil Revolution is About to Shrivel Up
Wall Street is the government, and the New York Times is right across town. Maybe that's all you need to know to understand what's happened.
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The Many Pipelines That Pump Up Our Wealth
Apologists for our current economic order blame wage stagnation on technological change - or workers themselves.
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When Nature Gets a Price Tag
Will the calculus of putting monetary value on the environment save the planet, or subordinate a rapidly collapsing natural world to market forces?
Canadian Mining in Latin America: Exploitation, Inconsistency, and Neglect
A dichotomy exists between mining by foreign investors who profit, and the communities in which it takes place which frequently are left by the wayside. The situation has worsened …
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Mexico City Bans Circus Animals in Shows
Mexico City has decided that any instance of abuse was simply too much. They've joined six other states within the country, banning animals in circus acts.
Debate: Is Human Rights Watch Too Close to US Government to Criticize Its Foreign Policy?
Human Rights Watch, one of the world's largest and most influential human rights organizations, is facing an unusual amount of public criticism.
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Meet the Tenacious Gardeners Putting Down Roots in “America’s Most Desperate Town“
They're not always optimistic about the future of Camden, N.J. But they're committed to it anyway, and they've created one of the nation's fastest growing networks of urban farms.
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Report: A Carbon Tax That Would Create Jobs, Cut Emissions and Put Money in Your Pocket
Giving taxpayers $250 per month, reducing carbon emissions and boosting the economy. This is what the future could hold if the United States imposed a revenue-neutral carbon tax on …
Human Rights Watch’s Revolving Door
Human Rights Watch's edicts and positions have often been suspiciously in line with US policy.
Austerity/Immiseration Capitalism: What Can We Learn From Venezuelan Socialism?
An emerging choice to neoliberal capitalism - 21st century socialism in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - provides a stark contrast to European and US austerity-immiseration capitalism. There is …