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Solomon: What Obama Said -- and What He Meant
Feb 14, 2013
Let’s decode the president’s smooth oratory in the realms of climate change, war and civil liberties
Solomon: Ready for More Blood
Feb 05, 2013
When Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to the U.N. Security Council on February 5, 2003, countless journalists in the United States extolled him for a masterful performance
Swanson: How Unalienable Is Life?
Jan 23, 2013
Meet the new boss who, upon his inauguration, declared that the right to life is unalienable. Let me be clear, that doesn't mean he can't take yours
Sturgis: A Deepening Climate Crisis
Jan 14, 2013
Rank of 2012 among the warmest years on record for the contiguous United States: 1
Street: Dead Last: Depressing Health Facts
Jan 12, 2013
Americans experience higher rates of disease and injury and die sooner – yes, die sooner – than people in other high-income countries
Sturgis: A Fiscal Gift From Congress
Jan 05, 2013
Percentage increase in payroll taxes that every U.S. worker will have to pay as part of the deal, regardless of income level: 2
Shiva: Growing Violence against Women
Dec 30, 2012
We must demand and get speedy and effective justice for women
Swanson: Doing Time for Peace
Dec 25, 2012
Hundreds of Americans, young and old, are regularly going to prison, sometimes for months or years or decades, for nonviolently resisting U.S. militarism
Schechter: Bankers and Conspiracies
Dec 24, 2012
Most of the coverage does not link all these financial crimes to the larger effect and impact they have had on the world
Sturgis: Recession Takes Toll On Children
Dec 18, 2012
More than one in five U.S. children currently live in poverty, and one in four receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Sharma: When Heads Of State Start Lobbying
Dec 14, 2012
The demand is for legalising lobbying, following the pattern in the US, and thereby bringing in some regulations to make it more transparent
Street: The Unelected Dictatorship
Dec 13, 2012
It’s useful to step back from the dominant terms in political play to examine what’s really going on behind misleading language
Swanson: Howard Zinn's Echoes
Nov 26, 2012
We can shape the future if, and only if, we make use of the past
Slaughter: Social Security Swindle
Nov 18, 2012
If Congress and the President reach a “grand bargain” in the lame-duck session, seniors, the poor, and the disabled will pay for it—and it won’t be a good buy
Street: On Fiscal, Ecological, and Employment Cliffs
Nov 17, 2012
The urgency of action on the climate issue has become clearer than ever thanks to this year’s extreme weather
Swanson: Where Does War Come From?
Nov 12, 2012
War is waged by a nation that accepts the waging of war. That acceptance needs to end now
Sharma: Food Wastage
Nov 06, 2012
Collectively, Americans waste $165 billion worth of food every year
Street: The Prospects for a Decent Future
Nov 02, 2012
If we accept periodic U.S. elections as an adequate expression and spectrum of democratic politics and popular voice, we’re done for
Shiva: GMOs, Seed Wars, and Knowledge Wars
Oct 31, 2012
Genetically engineered seeds and crops (GMOs) have unleashed seed wars, and knowledge wars
Feb 16, 2013
It is relevant that Obama made no mention of Keystone in the address