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Environment
The Mandate of Hell: How Not to Change the World
Tom Engelhardt: Stop waiting for change, u201cbigu201d or otherwise, to come from Washington. It wonu2019t.
Monsanto and Genetically Engineered Food: Playing Roulette With Our Health
Genetic Roulette reveals the science and risks of GMOs in the food chain.
COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2)
COINTELPRO, the secret FBI project to infiltrate and disrupt domestic organizations thought to be u201csubversive,u201d targeted many African-American, Native-American, and other movements for self-determination by people of color in …
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On the Environmental Frontlines: Waste Pickers
Over the last 20 years, waste pickersu2014 workers in the informal economy who recover recyclable materials from trashu2014in Pune, a city in the state of Maharashtra, India have transformed …
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The Great Pumpkin
Still awaiting the Great Pumpkin...
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How the GOP’s War on Voting Backfired
New voter restriction laws passed by Republicans this year aimed at keeping Obama's minority support away from the polls, but only became more of an incentive to vote.
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Obama’s Next Economy: Why He Must Take This Opportunity to Reframe the Economic Debate
Now that Obama has been re-elected, he can begin the process to change the economic conversation so that the government can invest in people and not corporations.
Beyond Bayonets and Battleships: Space Warfare and the Future of US Global Power
Over the past four years the Obama administration has presided over a technological revolution in defense planning, moving the nation's defenses to cyberwarfare and the full-scale weaponization of space.
Wall Street Urges Obama to Commit the Great Betrayal
Big banks continue to push Obama to adopt self-destructive austerity programs that would unravel the national safety net of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare.
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As Sanctions Hit Iran’s Most Vulnerable, the Man Who Dared to Feed Sanction-Starved Iraq Remains in Prison
Dr. Rafil Dhafir, a Muslim, is serving a 22-year sentence set in motion during post-9/11 hysteria that targeted his humanitarian organization.