A Secret History of Free Enterprise and the Government That Made It Possible
Crossposted from Tom Dispatch.com
Look back on 2011 and you’ll notice a destructive trail of extreme weather slashing through the year. In Texas, it was the driest year ever...
Posted July 19, 2011 | 07/19/11 05:44 PM ET
If you care about solidarity activism, independent reporting and the ability of progressive journalists to work on the frontlines of world events, I encourage you to make a simple phone call to the Iranian Interests Section in Washington D.C. on behalf of the two American hikers who are still being...
Posted July 19, 2011 | 07/19/11 03:30 PM ET
Soaring Food Prices, Wild Weather, Upheaval, and a Planetful of Trouble
Cross-posted from TomDispatch.com
What can a humble loaf of bread tell us about the world?
The answer is: far more than you might imagine. For one thing, that loaf can...
Posted July 16, 2010 | 07/16/10 11:15 AM ET
In the wake of the BP oil spill, some captains of industry have begun calling for government leadership to spur a clean-energy revolution. In June, billionaire software mogul Bill Gates visited Washington and encouraged lawmakers to pony up public subsidies to triple clean-tech R&D funding from $5 billion to $16...
Posted December 4, 2009 | 12/04/09 01:58 PM ET
The real goals of the Afghanistan escalation are domestic and electoral. Like Lyndon Johnson who escalated in Vietnam, Obama lives in mortal fear of being called a wimp by Republicans.
To cover his flank and look tough in the next US elections, Obama is expanding the war in Afghanistan....
64 Comments | Posted January 26, 2012 | 01/26/12 12:00 PM ET