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Environment
Greening the Knowledge Economy: A Critique of Neoliberalism
The postmodern critique of neoliberalism is not merely a negative account of neoclassical assumptions or simply an updating of economics according to the debates of the 1980s and after. …
Speaking Truth to Chevron: An Interview With Nigerian Eco-Feminist Emem Okon
Antonia Juhasz: I interviewed Okon shortly after the protests to learn how the women of the U.S. can emulate the women of Nigeria in standing up to one of …
Not Wasting the Waste: Creating Environmental Sustainability
Zero waste re-examines consumption with an ethical, economic, and environmental eye.
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Over Six Million Young Adults Insured Thanks to Obama’s Health Care
A recent poll also showed that about 71 percent of Americans view the provision favorably.
TransCanada’s Latest Extreme Energy Export Pipelines in the US and Canada
TransCanada was once in the limelight and targeted for its Keystone XL pipeline project. Now, with few eyes watching, it is pushing along two key pipeline projects that would …
Election Countdown 2012: Gov. Rick Scott Dares the DOJ to Sue Florida, and more
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
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Radicalization Within the Armed Forces: DoD Losing Sight of the Forest for the Trees
Make no mistake, this homegrown u201cradicalizationu201d has a specific name: extremist, evangelical, Christian fundamentalism or u201cChristian Dominionism.u201d
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House Democrats Propose Increasing Minimum Wage to $10
A group of House Democrats have proposed increasing the minimum wage to $10, which, as Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pointed out would allow the wage to u201ccatch upu201d …
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Election Countdown 2012: Elizabeth Warren Must Push Against Scott Brown’s DoubleSpeak, and More
A one-stop shop for the political misgivings leading up to the 2012 election.
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Climate Crisis: The Silence Is Deafening
Those of us who have been waiting impatiently for Obama to shed his apparent cocoon of caution, cowardice and capitulation finally got a hint last week that a real …