Why the U.S. Is Becoming Groun...

Jun 19, 2013 by

The practice that has devastated parts of Canada is already underway in the U.S. and things could get a lot worse.

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What We Owe Michael Hastings

Jun 19, 2013 by

I met Michael Hastings (1980-2013) three times.

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The Last Mystery of the Financ...

Jun 19, 2013 by

It’s long been suspected that ratings agencies like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s helped trigger the meltdown.

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Are fungus-farming ants the ke...

Jun 19, 2013 by

“If you have ants in your house,” the great Harvard ecologist EO Wilson once said, “be kind to them.”

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We work on climate change ever...

Jun 19, 2013 by

Everywhere I travel as secretary of state –

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The Terror Con

Jun 18, 2013 by

For defense contractors, the government officials who write them mega checks..

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The feds get seriously creepy ...

Jun 18, 2013 by

[Translate]   By Susie Cagle Shutterstock It’s about your friend — you know, the one who has been paranoid about the government...

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One in Three Americans is Poor...

Jun 18, 2013 by

A look at the U.S.’s new, but only marginally improved, poverty measure.

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Obama says a climate plan is c...

Jun 18, 2013 by

A cavalry of lawyers representing states and environmental groups…

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Why Are Techies Trying to Tar ...

Jun 18, 2013 by

Efforts to take down Greenwald and Snowden are ultimately destructive of the interests of American technology companies …

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Billionaire-backed Campaign Fa...

Jun 18, 2013 by

Celebrate the Defeat of the Granny Bashers!

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When the Government Asks, Tech...

Jun 18, 2013 by

How often do technology companies hand over user information to the government?

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NYU’s Gilded Age: Students Str...

Jun 18, 2013 by

The problems at NYU are emblematic of an insular institution whose Board is heavily dominated by the same Wall Street people …

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Bank of America Whistle-blower...

Jun 18, 2013 by

Bank of America whistle-blowers detail horrid schemes to fleece borrowers, reward staff for foreclosures.

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9 Ways the Right’s Ayn Randian...

Jun 18, 2013 by

The decades-long assault on our core social values is on the verge of consuming its first complete generation…

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Autism, Air Pollution Link Con...

Jun 18, 2013 by

A new national study shows a potential link between autism and air pollution.

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How New York City plans to sur...

Jun 17, 2013 by

It may not seem like that long ago since New York City was underwater…

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White Suburban Soccer Moms Lov...

Jun 17, 2013 by

Why should they care if the government has their data?

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The Five Uncontrollable Urges ...

Jun 16, 2013 by

We face a strangely contradictory future in which ever more draconian regimes…

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‘PetroKoch’: an ar...

Jun 16, 2013 by

David Koch gets his name on the Met’s new plaza..

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How Predatory Reformers Are De...

Jun 16, 2013 by

Online courses can’t replace the good old fashioned teaching methods we once pioneered…

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WA State Moves to Regulate Mar...

Jun 16, 2013 by

What You Need to Know About the Groundbreaking Reform

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Investigate Booz Allen Hamilto...

Jun 16, 2013 by

The firm that formerly employed both the director of national intelligence..

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Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Hand...

Jun 15, 2013 by

The journalist says the president takes a personal interest in dirty warfare.

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Gina McCarthy’s EPA Conf...

Jun 15, 2013 by

With a Senate vote on President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency still in limbo…

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The Latest Outrageous Waste of...

Jun 15, 2013 by

‘Noise zones’ are being used to drive a money-soaked scheme for rich commercial developers…

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The NSA and Pentagon Dream of ...

Jun 15, 2013 by

PRISM’s Dark Side of the Moon-ish logo expresses the military’s ultimate wet dream:

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National Security Should Never...

Jun 15, 2013 by

The privatized national security apparatus isn’t just wasteful—

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Syria: Pros and Cons

Jun 14, 2013 by

Mr. President, if I were a professional con artist paid to give you the pros and cons on engaging in a war in Syria..

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Security Wars: Inside the Mili...

Jun 14, 2013 by

The Company They Pay to Spy on You Online

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