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Economic Update: “Following the Money Trails”
Updates include Capital One Bank's misdeeds, French socialists' new policies, taxing churches in Spain, Walton family's immense wealth, strike at Caterpillar, and taxing private wealth.
Iraq: After the Americans
Fault Lines travels across Iraq to take the pulse of a country and its people after nine years of occupation.
The Nature of the US Military Presence in Africa
On July 12th, TomDispatch posted the latest piece in Nick Turseu2019s u201cchanging face of empire
Hide the Ball: Romney’s Long History of Hiding His Exorbitant, but Questionable, Business Practices
Since he launched his political career in the mid-1990s, through three previous campaigns, Romney has faced the same exact questions that he is now facing as a candidate for …
Q & A With Tom Morello: “I’ve Never Been Afraid of the Truth on My Records …“
In addition to being a vehicle to showcase his musical chops, Morello used his guitar to display social justice messages, such as
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How Back-to-the-Landers in California Inspired a Japanese Farmer to Fight Desertification
The late revered farmer Masanobu Fukuoka explains how traditional farming practices can revive our planet's depleted soils.
Why Dark Money in Politics Is Bad for Women
Supporting modest reform like the DISCLOSE Act would, in normal times, be an easy political win for Republicans.
Did the NYPD Break International Law in Suppressing Occupy Protests?
A new report just out documents how the NYPD used excessive force, arrested reporters, and concludes that police broke international law in their handling of Occupy.
Election Countdown 2012: Bankrupt California Cities Announce Plan to Seize Loans on “Underwater” Homes, and More
Two bankrupt Californian cities of Fontana and Ontario in San Bernardino County offer a bracing jolt to Washingtonu2019s passivity. Where the Obama administration has largely failed [succeeded] to ease …
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Canadian Mining Goliaths Devastate Mexican Indigenous Communities and Environment
Emphasizing foreign investment, even at the cost of environmental destruction and the displacement of people, has been the development policy of Mexican administrations since the 1970s.