Truthout
Environment
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Juan Cole on the Vulnerability of the Network
There is much that is valuable in Mike Lofgren's explication of vast network of unaccountable governmental and private institutions, which he calls the “Deep State.”
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Andrew Bacevich on Washington’s Tacit Consensus
What words best describe present-day Washington politics? “Tacit consensus,” would be a good start.
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Heidi Boghosian on Mass Surveillance
Mike Lofgren's exceptional essay, “Anatomy of the Deep State,” delivers the roadmap that bewildered Americans need to navigate the past year's glut of news about mass surveillance.
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Thailand and Shinawatra: Errors, Omissions From the Left
People in the Western world are being fed lies about the reasons for the demonstrations in Thailand.
US Christian Right Behind Anti-Gay Law Passed in Uganda
Rev. Kapya Kaoma: New Ugandan law that makes homosexual acts punishable by life imprisonment was modeled after the talking points of right-wing US evangelicals.
ODNR The Truth Revealed: Ohio Agency Selected By the State Legislature to Regulate Drilling Actually Promoting Drilling… Not So Surprising to All
“With 90 wells in a 13-square mile residential community, residents in my hometown of Broadview Heights, OH, learned several years ago that the ODNR was not on our side.”
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Apocalypses Everywhere: Is There Any Hope in an Era Filled With Gloom and Doom?
Wherever we Americans look, the threat of apocalypse stares back at us.
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If Hillary Is the Only Candidate, Where Does She Stand on Keystone XL?
Robert Naiman: Hillary Clinton may be the only candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, but we still need to know what her positions are.
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Is It Time for a New Church Committee?
The out-of-control nature of our national security agencies today is our new “national nightmare,” and the only way to wake up is to create a new Church Commission, which …
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The Politics of Extractivism in Peru: Nation’s Largest Gas Project Threatens Indigenous Communities
Critics say such drilling could wipe out isolated indigenous tribes living in the area.