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Street: There’s No Economy on a Dead Planet
Oct 09, 2012
There’s something missing from the presidential campaign, including the first presidential debate last week – the fate of the Earth
Schechter: The Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Oct 08, 2012
The needs and concerns of the Palestinian people are not in the news much in the United States even though the issues have been around for decades
Bolger: Life in Waziristan, 2012 “AD”
Oct 07, 2012
Imagine having up to 6 drones circling overhead 24 hours a day, making an incessant, constant buzzing sound that never ceases
Rasmus: Controversial Jobs Numbers?
Oct 06, 2012
Evidence of something out of the ordinary is reflected in the inordinate jobs growth in fall-winter followed by jobs collapse in spring-early summer
Bacon: Killing of Unionists
Oct 05, 2012
34 trade unionists have been assassinated and 485 leaders have received death threats since the Labor Action Plan has been in effect in Colombia
Kagarlitsky: Lawmakers Fixated on Cats
Oct 04, 2012
Time is passing, but our legislatures are too busy complaining about noisy cats to deal with the very real problems that Russians are facing
Pilger: The Life And Death Of An Australian Hero
Oct 03, 2012
I first met Arthur Murray a generation ago and knew he was the best kind of trouble
Schechter: Is IranTelling Us Something?
Oct 02, 2012
There are clearly initiatives underway to build bridges, but so far, media outlets, eager to fan the flames of confrontation and polarization, have ignored them
Engler: Quebec's Protests Force Change
Oct 01, 2012
Beyond politicizing a generation, the protests have spurred a more socially and ecologically progressive political climate
Street: On Class Rule and Theater Politics
Sep 30, 2012
Romney is taking “out of touch” to a new level. He seems straight from central casting when it comes to helping Obama easily beat the Republicans
Butigan: A Resurgent Anti-Nuclear Movement
Sep 29, 2012
We are in the midst of the next phase of the movement for nuclear disarmament, where a series of campaigns across the U.S. are pumping life into the seven-decade struggle
Sturgis: Disenfranchising Latino Voters
Sep 28, 2012
Number of states that have enacted voting restrictions, which a new report from the Advancement Project finds will have a disproportionate effect on Latino voters: 23
Meister: Death In the Tobacco Fields
Sep 27, 2012
There are nearly 100,000 tobacco harvesters, some as young as 12, most of them Mexican immigrants
Slaughter: Strikes at Walmart
Sep 26, 2012
A strike at Walmart? Two of them
Sturgis: Fracking's Toll On Communities
Sep 25, 2012
A new report examines the environmental and health damage from fracking
Schechter: When Is A Terrorist Not A Terrorist?
Sep 24, 2012
Question: When is a terrorist a terrorist? Answer: When the US government says so
Street: The 1% and the 47%
Sep 23, 2012
As the rich never admit, they aren’t really anti-government. They are for big government that serves elite interests and punishes the rest
Sturgis: Reality & Romney's Tax Claims
Sep 22, 2012
Date that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told wealthy donors that "47 percent" of U.S. voters "pay no income tax": 9/17/2012
Kagarlitsky: Demonstration Déjà vu
Sep 21, 2012
The energy behind the marches is undoubtedly waning, but it is also clear that the series of protests over much of the past year has changed society
Oct 10, 2012
Strikers have returned to work with their heads held high and their wallets full at Walmart’s largest North American distribution center