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Contractors Raked in $385 Billion on Overseas Bases in 12 Years

Every year, US taxpayers send billions of dollars abroad to build and maintain our military presence.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 11:26 AM PDT
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What Would Happen if Israel Nuked Iran

A strike on Tehran could kill an estimated 5.6 million and injure 1.6 million.

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| Mon May. 13, 2013 10:58 AM PDT
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What TSA Whistleblower Robert MacLean Tells Us About Post-9/11 Security

If the government does it, is it legal?

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 10:42 AM PDT
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Our Arms Race of One

Since the Solviet Union collapsed, it's remarkable how much—and how little—has changed.

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| Tue May. 7, 2013 10:31 AM PDT

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Fracking Pennsylvania to Death

Like atomic testing in the 20th century, fracking leaves "downwinders" with health problems.

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| Thu May. 2, 2013 9:33 AM PDT

Excerpts From a Day-by-Day Account of Human History

Six "days" from Eduardo Galeano's book about the calendar year.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 9:19 AM PDT
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The Chemical Industry is the Big Tobacco of the 21st Century

Household chemicals like lead and asbestos have turned us all into unwitting test subjects.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 9:39 AM PDT
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Is the Press Too Big to Fail, or Has It Been Failing for Decades?

There was no Golden Age for the media, but the industry's failure on climate change is its worst offense yet.

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| Thu Apr. 25, 2013 10:32 AM PDT

Violence on the Home Front

You're more likely to be killed by someone you know than by a stranger, and you'll probably be at home when it happens.

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| Thu Apr. 25, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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America Is Filling Empty Battlefields

A new book tells the secret history of twenty-first century American war.

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| Tue Apr. 23, 2013 10:04 AM PDT
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Our Dangerous Mix of Climate Change and Resource Scarcity

Demand for oil, water, and other resources will soon outpace supply.

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| Mon Apr. 22, 2013 2:08 PM PDT
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It Doesn't Take Much to Get PTSD

An analyst spends 3 weeks in Iraq, barely leaves the base, and is haunted for months.

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| Tue Apr. 16, 2013 12:02 PM PDT
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The Enemy-Industrial Complex

How a world lacking in enemies turned into the most threatening place in the universe.

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| Mon Apr. 15, 2013 10:24 AM PDT
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What Taxes Would Look Like if Normal People Called the Shots

Changes already popular with Americans could make us healthier, wiser, and less indebted.

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| Thu Apr. 11, 2013 12:26 PM PDT
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Before the Great Recession, There Was the Long Recession

Forty years of declining wages, security, and hope was a recession of its own.

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| Tue Apr. 9, 2013 11:54 AM PDT

What Keystone XL Opponents Could Learn From the Gay Rights Movement

For activists, the hardest part of the Keystone fight is figuring out what to do about the Democrats.

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| Mon Apr. 8, 2013 10:13 AM PDT
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A History of Disaster Capitalism

Profitting off natural disasters from the San Francisco earthquake to superstorm Sandy.

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| Thu Apr. 4, 2013 1:24 PM PDT
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The Great Afghan Corruption Scam

Corruption in today's Afghanistan has roots in Operation Enduring Freedom.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 10:09 AM PDT
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With Israel, Obama Is Walking the High Wire With His Eyes Closed

The press called last week's Middle East visit a success, but everything could come crashing down in an instant.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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American Anniversaries from Hell

Anniversaries to not be proud of, from "mission accomplished" to the My Lai massacre.

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| Thu Mar. 28, 2013 10:16 AM PDT