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Letter to an Unknown Whistleblower

Letter to an Unknown Whistleblower Letter to an Unknown Whistleblower

How the security state’s mania for secrecy will create you.

Sep 17, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

Obama’s Opportunity on Iran

Obama’s Opportunity on Iran Obama’s Opportunity on Iran

It's time for the White House to get a deal done with Tehran.

Sep 17, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever

Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever

The protracted fight to get a more qualified woman nominated over a less qualified man is a perfect parable for how hard achieving diversity really is.

Sep 17, 2013 / Bryce Covert

The People Win as Lawrence Summers Trades Power for Wealth

The People Win as Lawrence Summers Trades Power for Wealth The People Win as Lawrence Summers Trades Power for Wealth

But Main Street must still live with the consquences of the policies he helped engineer. 

Sep 17, 2013 / Robert Scheer

The Costs of Not-War

The Costs of Not-War The Costs of Not-War

Alein diplomacy. 

Sep 17, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Split on Airstrikes, Syrian Refugees Share Wish to Return Home

Split on Airstrikes, Syrian Refugees Share Wish to Return Home Split on Airstrikes, Syrian Refugees Share Wish to Return Home

The views of refugees in Jordan are shaped by their individual experiences of war and their collective expatriation from home. 

Sep 16, 2013 / Elizabeth Whitman

Yes, Harvard, the Climate Crisis Is an ‘Extraordinarily Rare Circumstance’

Yes, Harvard, the Climate Crisis Is an ‘Extraordinarily Rare Circumstance’ Yes, Harvard, the Climate Crisis Is an ‘Extraordinarily Rare Circumstance’

Harvard tells students and alumni that it will only consider divestment in "extraordinarily rare circumstances." Well, let's see...

Sep 16, 2013 / Wen Stephenson

Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council

Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the Taxi Workers Alliance, makes history as a newly-elected member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. 

Sep 16, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Navy Yard Shooting: A Jarring Reminder of America’s Gun Problem

Navy Yard Shooting: A Jarring Reminder of America’s Gun Problem Navy Yard Shooting: A Jarring Reminder of America’s Gun Problem

What will it take for Congress to finally act? Probably not another shooting, even in its backyard. 

Sep 16, 2013 / George Zornick

Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed

Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed

Obama has a chance to name a reformer as Fed Chair and make good on the "new politics" he promised in 2008.

Sep 16, 2013 / William Greider

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