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Pilots as Lab Rats: The Reprehensible Risk-Taking on the F-22 Raptor
In May of 2011, the Air Force took the unusual and radical step of grounding their entire F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft fleet because it appeared that something was wrong …
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No Country for Rich Men
From Manhattan to Monaco, the world's wealthiest people are disconnecting into a class of stateless transients. Back in 1863, a short story took the American reading public by storm. …
At a Military Hospital, Warriors Are Not the Only Wounded
The weather's getting warmer in Afghanistan and the war there is heating up again. That means, as it has meant every year for more than a decade, that the …
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When Polluted Water Is Safe to Drink: Inside the Dimock Fracking Fight
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent the past four months testing water wells used by families in the rural community of Dimock, Pennsylvania, where residents and environmental …
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Today, ALEC Brings Lawmakers and Big Oil Together to Undermine Clean Energy
Today, behind closed doors in Charlotte, North Carolina, legislators from 15 states will meet with the oil and gas industry to discuss so-called “model legislation” as part of the American Legislative …
The Whole World Is Watching: NATO in Chicago
The NATO summit coming to Chicago in May has brought the eyes of the world to the overlap among questions of militarization, poverty and dissent in a globalized society. …
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How Long Will Japan’s Nuclear Recess Be? Enter Kazakhstan
Environmental victories are so scarce these days that you can’t blame eco-activists for trumpeting any good news — even when the news turns out to be mostly smoke and …
Chomsky: Occupy Wall Street “Has Created Something That Didn’t Really Exist” in US – Solidarity
Well, the Occupy movement isu2014it was a big surprise. You know, if anybody asked me a year ago,
A New Economic Paradigm: An Interview With Gar Alperovitz
If you look deeply, there are lots of elements that begin to form a mosaic, I think, potentially suggesting the direction of an America beyond capitalism and also beyond …