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Environment
Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 2)
Global warming is no longer a fear for the future, it’s threatening human civilization now. But a good portion of humanity doesn’t seem that concerned. On this edition, part …
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Does Medicaid Matter? New Study Shows How Much
As we noted recently, one of the charges that policymakers seeking radical changes in Medicaid have leveled against the program is that Medicaid coverage is worse than no coverage. …
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In Iraq, Panetta Says US Will Maintain “Enduring Presence“
Baghdad - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta pressured Prime Minister Nuri Kamal-al Maliki of Iraq on Monday to tell the United States whether he wanted some American troops to …
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Civil Society Movements vs. Corrupt Politics
When it comes to the struggle against Israel's policies of oppression there are two conflicting levels: that of government and that of civil society. The most recent example of …
Five Prison Reform Ideas Being Ignored on Capitol Hill
Prisoners at Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2009. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) After last week’s breakthrough in mitigating the damage …
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The Ideological Crisis of Western Capitalism
(Photo: emperley3) Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and unfettered markets – brought the world to the brink of ruin. …
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Reading Ethan Bronner in Athens: How the New York Times Gets It Right – and Very Wrong – on the Gaza Flotilla
Demonstrators board the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope”. (Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen / The New York Times) If you share in the project of reforming US …
Note to US: Democracy Activists Worldwide Are Watching
Demonstrators beat drums and chant “thieves” outside the Parliament building in Athens, Greece, on June 15, 2011. (Photo: Eirini Vourloumis / The New York Times) It looked …
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All the Publisher’s Men
Having spent many conceited weeks amid the Strauss-Kahn case, listening to locals assert that America's justice is superior to France's, we're now pitchforked into the next debate. Could U.S. …
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Default, Downturn, Then Recovery
The Woman’s Bridge, in a fast-growing neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s economy is recovering after a default in 2003. (Photo: Horacio Paone for the New York Times) …