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BP, Obama and the Economics of Disaster
The unceasing dribble of bad news from the Gulf of Mexico has been running before our eyes for weeks now: dead plankton; hypoxic zones looming and worsening, the product …
Bank Tax, We Hardly Knew Ye
A Swedish idea that creates an insurance fund for preserving big banks - but not necessarily their bosses or shareholders - needs to return from the dead. In June, …
Look to Women to End Conflict in Kyrgyzstan
"Even now, I can't find the words to explain the kinds of horrors that are happening,” wrote Nurjan Tulegabylova with El Agartuu, a women’s organization based in Kyrgyzstan. “There …
Book Review: The Politics of Genocide
When President Obama released his National Security Strategy (NSS) in May he included an emphasis on the United States and the international community upholding the UN endorsed "Responsibility to …
News in Brief: Taliban Say They Are Winning the War in Afghanistan, and More
The Taliban has told the BBC that they are winning the war in Afghanistan and would refuse to negotiate with the coalition forces after US and British commanders suggested …
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the Liberal Militarist Diversion
On May 27, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to the latest defense spending bill that would lift the ban on gays in the US military and …
United Nations Attacks Refugee Camp, Protests Mount
Recently, the United Nations peacekeeping mission fired tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowded refugee camp, leaving at least six hospitalized and others suffering respiratory problems. Citizen organizations …
G8 Commits $5 Billion to Maternal and Child Health, but Big Questions Remain
The first day of the G8 Summit answered some of the questions that maternal, newborn and child health advocates had about Canada’s signature G8 initiative, The Muskoka Initiative for …
Guitars Not Wars (2)
What happens when music fails to inspire, but instead only entertains? Is such a thing possible, and is it happening now? Social justice, politics and music have always …
Calling for Accountability on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Today is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1997, to mark the ratification of the UN Convention …