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Ferner: A Second-Rate Power
Feb 09, 2013
For most of us in this country, coming in second would be highly welcome, a real improvement over the current state of affairs
Cooke: More Austerity Cuts Coming
Feb 08, 2013
The Great Recession has quietly devastated public services on a state-by-state basis, with Republican and Democratic governors taking turns leading the charge
Landau: The American Gun Disease
Feb 07, 2013
Second Amendment arguments about having regulated militias, which we don’t have, get used as pretexts for fear
Finamore: Why Egypt’s Revolution is So Different
Feb 06, 2013
Entering the third year of the revolt in Egypt, no amount of repression seems able to contain the swelling pressure exploding throughout the country
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
Fletcher: The Choice
Feb 04, 2013
Fagen’s existence, and specifically his actions in defecting to the Philippine Army raised at the time, and continue to raise, important questions about conscience and patriotism
Vivas: Spain Is In The Hands Of Thieves
Feb 03, 2013
No doubt. We are in the hands of thieves
Rugh: Occupy Sandy’s Collective Recovery
Feb 02, 2013
Occupy and allies continue to perform day-to-day relief functions and have begun to institute long-term recovery projects in affected areas
Baroud: Opportunities and War in Mali
Feb 01, 2013
From Libya to Mali a typical story is forming, coupled with lucrative contracts and massive opportunities of all sorts
Rasmus: On the Road to Double Dip?
Jan 31, 2013
US GDP data released on January 30, 2013 for the fourth quarter 2012 showed a decline in GDP of -0.1% for the last three months of 2012
Catlin: Power From Motor City Soil
Jan 30, 2013
Possibilities are growing in more than 1,000 urban gardens and three full-scale farms that now cover the once-industrial landscape
Marty: Who Is Rescuing The Spanish People?
Jan 29, 2013
There have been 350,000 evictions since the beginning of the crisis in 2007 and 532 foreclosures are currently taking place per day
Finamore: Egypt Aflame in Protests
Jan 28, 2013
There is absolutely no doubt that both the military and the Muslim Brotherhood government were caught completely off guard by angry, increasingly intense protests
Leahy: Collapse of Global Civilisation
Jan 27, 2013
Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future
Barrington-Bush: 'They Know They Are Not Alone'
Jan 26, 2013
Stronger networks, many participants felt, had the potential to challenge the power of large multi-national corporations and the governments that support them
Lee: Utah Climate Activists
Jan 25, 2013
It was the issue of tar sands mining that really took center stage
Queally: 100 Wealthiest Could End Poverty
Jan 24, 2013
The profits of the world's one hundred most wealthy individuals last year would be enough to wipe out world poverty a full four times over
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
Wilton: Resistance Is Fertile
Jan 22, 2013
As the Zapatistas announced, in Mexico “a new form of social life is blooming… When they silenced us, we continued to exist. And here we are, existing”



Feb 10, 2013
With more than 4,000 members at KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Burger King, and Wendy’s, it has become one of the most successful fast food organizing efforts in the world