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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, …
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“Where Have We Been All This Time?“
Translated Thursday 22 March 2012, by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Isabelle Métral Jean-Luc Mélenchon addresses the crowd assembled in the Place de la Bastille, at 5 pm Sunday …
High Oil Prices Must be Subject of Criminal Investigation
Gas prices at a gas station in San Diego, March 16, 2012. (Photo: Sandy Huffaker / The New York Times)Michael Greenberger: Big banks and traders involved in a criminal …
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Texas Prosecutors Go Rogue – And Get Away with It!
John Thompson spent 18 years in prison — 14 of them on death row — for crimes he did not commit. But as he was facing his seventh execution …
The Dangerous Road of Wishful Thinking
Bill Moyers counsels President Obama not to look at America through the rose-colored glasses of people — like Robert Kagan — led by political opportunity and wishful thinking, but …
“You Can’t Take Away My Hope”: Thirty Years of Climate Scientists Helplessly Describing Our Dangerously Changing World
In a new video by Peter Sinclair, prominent climate scientist Michael MacCracken discusses how the last thirty years have confirmed the predictions he and others made in 1982 and earlier. …
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We Screwed Up: A Letter of Apology to My Granddaughter
Dear Maddie, I address this letter to you, but please share it with Jack, Tasiah, and other grandchildren who are yet unborn. Also, with your children and theirs. My …
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ALEC Climate Change Denial Model Bill Passes in Tennessee
The month of March has seen unprecedented heat and temperatures. A rational thinking, scientifically-grounded individual could only posit, "Well, hmm, I bet climate change has something to do with the …
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“Stability” Trumps Democracy in Egypt
Confronted with popular protest, the country's unelected rulers have doubled down on repression, jailing peaceful activists and killing dozens of civilians who have the gall to exercise their rights. …