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A New Energy Third World in North America?
The “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the environment is ravaged, while tiny elites …
Oh Canada! Imposing Austerity on the World’s Most Resource-Rich Country
Last week in Ottawa, the Canadian House of Commons passed the federal government's latest round of budget cuts and austerity measures. Highlights included chopping 19,200 public sector jobs, cutting …
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Fighting Fire in Haiti
When police and the landowner commanded Michelène Pierre to vacate her tent on a Sunday afternoon so that they could light it on fire, she responded: "If you want …
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Nature of Self-Defeating Convictions
One of the curious realities of modern America is how many people – especially white males – have been propagandized into siding with a “free-market” power structure that treats …
Missouri Legislator: Qualified to Legislate Women’s Health Because “My Father Was a Veterinarian”
In Illinois, they run reproductive rights bills through the agriculture committee. In Missouri, they call male lawmakers experts because they are the sons of veterinarians. Not a joke. Via …
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In Hiding, Bin Laden Had Four Children and Five Houses
Islamabad, Pakistan - Osama bin Laden spent nine years on the run in Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks, during which time he moved among five safe houses and …
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The Corporate Media Crisis: Everything Old Is New Again
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)These days, there's one political point on which one can usually get consensus: Mainstream journalists are failing. In common parlance, most everyone “hates the media.” …
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Northeast Markets Eyed for Oil Sands as Clean Fuels Standard Fades
In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie's administration pulled out of a proposed pact to cut global warming emissions in transportation fuels. In New Hampshire, the House passed a bill …
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Good Ol’ American Journalism!
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The Savage Arithmetic of the Pre-Existing Condition
When doctors found precancerous cysts, Nancy Platt chose to have her pancreas removed. Her daughter, Laura Train, and husband, Sam, were by her side at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, …