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Population Control or Population Justice?
Shrinking the worldu2019s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need to be in control of their own fertility. …
Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us
Until recently, scientists and environmental officials have assumed that deep layers of rock beneath the earth would safely entomb the [fracking] waste for millennia.
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Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?
When it comes to international energy politics, it is not Bush but his vice president, Dick Cheney, who has been providing the role model for President Obama.
Election Countdown 2012: General Mills Came Out Against the Marriage Amendment, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
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Scott Walker and Ted Kaczynski in the Heartland
Now that he has survived a historic recall battle, what is next on Governor Scott Walker's agenda? On August 9 of this year, Walker will be the keynote speaker …
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Can We Get Along Without Authorities?
Some years ago, I watched a screening of a film about Daniel Ellsberg and the release of the Pentagon Papers. The film was shown in the U.S. Capitol, and …
In Illinois, There Is No Budget Crisis: There Is a Regressive Taxation Crisis
Sad to say, nothing they're doing or talking about in the General Assembly will have a significant impact on the state's chronic budget crisis. Not draconian Medicaid cuts, not …
States to Residents: Forget Promises to Restore School Funding
In state after state, politicians justified the large budget cuts on the grounds that the condition of the state budget made it temporarily necessary to reduce services.
Bringing the Battlefield to the Border
Arizona leads the American Border War—a movement that has increasingly moved from the fringe to the mainstream in the southern US.
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Knowledge Capitalism and the “Academic Spring“
It is only since the 1960s with the development of research evaluation and increasing sophistication of bibliometrics that it has been possible to map the emerging economy of global …