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The US Government Is Data Mining You

As the US Intelligence Community's already vast powers grow, your civil liberties shrink.

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| Tue Apr. 3, 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Fracking Our Way to a Toxic Planet

When corporations roll back environmental protections to exploit our natural resources, they're also exploiting us.

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| Mon Apr. 2, 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Islamophobia and the 2010 Election

Though Obama's policies on Islam and the Middle East differ little from his Republican challengers, the right still claims he is pro-Islamic.

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| Thu Mar. 29, 2012 12:12 PM PDT

50 Years From Now, What Will the World Be Like?

If we continue felling the forests, polluting the earth, and using up all the water, our grandchildren won't have much of a planet left.

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| Tue Mar. 27, 2012 12:28 PM PDT

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Homeland Security Goes to College

How college campuses became a Homeland Security battleground.

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| Thu Mar. 22, 2012 1:24 PM PDT

Throwing Money at the Pentagon

When it comes to military spending, the leading Republican presidential candidates seem to only know how to add and multiply, never subtract or divide.

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| Tue Mar. 20, 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Five Ways US National Security Policies Will Erode Civil Liberties in 2012

Brace yourself: Drone killings of US citizens will continue, more government whistleblowers will be brought to trial, and Washington will become even more secretive.

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| Mon Mar. 19, 2012 2:18 PM PDT
Unemployed men at the Volunteers of America Soup Kitchen in 1936.

How We Cured “The Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself

As growing numbers of America's middle class join the ranks of the poor, old generalizations about poverty make less sense than they ever did.

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| Thu Mar. 15, 2012 9:58 AM PDT

Why High Gas Prices Are Here to Stay

Most of the world's "easy oil" reserves have been depleted. What's left is harder to extract and refine—and will cost more.

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| Tue Mar. 13, 2012 11:50 AM PDT

A New State of Aggression

President Obama's promise to use military force to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon takes the Bush administration's preemptive war policies a step further.

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| Mon Mar. 12, 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Why Washington's Plan to Keep Building the Afghan Army Is a Bad Idea

Consider the country's history: No Afghan National Army has ever warded off a single foreign enemy or done a lick of good for any Afghan ruler.

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| Thu Mar. 8, 2012 3:55 PM PST

Corporate Whistleblowers Get the Silent Treatment

Why does Washington ignore people who blow the whistle on corporate fraud?

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| Tue Mar. 6, 2012 1:24 PM PST

How to Fund an American Police State

As homeland security budgets grow, civil liberties wither.

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| Mon Mar. 5, 2012 12:53 PM PST

Meet the Author Who Predicted the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street

Jonathan Schell may not have known exactly what was coming. But in 2003, he knew nonviolent action was the key to fighting even the biggest empires.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 2:56 PM PST

Why the Koran Burnings May Be the Final Straw in Afghanistan

Book burning is just the latest affront on a long list of offenses that have raised tensions in Afghanistan to a boiling point.

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| Tue Feb. 28, 2012 12:27 PM PST

American Warfare Goes Corporate

How the US went from a citizen's army to a robot military.

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| Fri Feb. 24, 2012 11:31 AM PST

Assassination Is the New Shock and Awe

Why the US's favorite new war strategy will only drag out the War on Terror.

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| Thu Feb. 23, 2012 2:30 PM PST

Are Protesters as Violent as the Media Says They Are?

Small numbers of pro-vandalism occupiers have smashed some windows and scuffled with police. But how does this compare to Wall Street's violence?

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| Wed Feb. 22, 2012 2:50 PM PST

The .000063% Election

How American politics became the politics of the superrich.

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| Thu Feb. 16, 2012 11:34 AM PST

Settling Down in Afghanistan

Despite Washington's talk of drawdowns, our tax dollars are funding a base building boom in Afghanistan that shows little sign of abating.

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| Mon Feb. 13, 2012 1:40 PM PST