The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket
According to Christian Parenti, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "culture" of bowing to industry demands prevents it from keeping plants truly safe.
Mar 17, 2011 / Press Room
Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back
Take part in a nationwide teach-in on corporate greed. And join the growing people's movement to reclaim our community and our economy.
Mar 17, 2011 / Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West
The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket
According to Christian Parenti, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "culture" of bowing to industry demands prevents it from keeping plants truly safe.
Mar 17, 2011 / MSNBC
The Left Forum The Left Forum
Each spring the Left Forum convenes the largest progressive gathering in North America in a rambling, lively confab unseen anywhere else in the US.
Mar 17, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
We Are All Wisconsinites Now We Are All Wisconsinites Now
How can the pro-worker movement born in the streets of Madison be nurtured into a national force?
Mar 17, 2011 / The Editors
Libya and the Dilemma of Intervention Libya and the Dilemma of Intervention
No-fly zones have, at best, a mixed record as a form of humanitarian intervention, and instituting one over Libya will do little to halt Qaddafi’s military advantages.
Mar 17, 2011 / The Editors
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on the smear campaign against NPR, Kate Murphy on fairly taxing the richest Americans and Molly O'Toole on southern Arizona's movement for secession—from Arizona
Mar 17, 2011 / Various Contributors
Hiroshima to Fukushima Hiroshima to Fukushima
The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.
Mar 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
A Warning From Japan A Warning From Japan
The message out of Fukushima is clear: our own fleet of leaky old nuclear plants should be decommissioned now.
Mar 17, 2011 / Christian Parenti
From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take? From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take?
There are no effective “safeguards” against nuclear disasters, and Japan’s crisis is only the latest display of the overwhelming risks involved in splitting atoms for energy.
Mar 17, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn