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The Amazon: 2009
By Saul Landau
From May 2000 to August 2005, Brazil lost more Amazon land to “development” than all of Greece. Since 1971, corporate ranchers and agribusiness cleared tens of thousands…
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Please cry for me, Argentina!
By Bill Press
Oh, the Appalachian Trail. It's famous as the longest footpath in the nation -- but now we know it's even longer than we thought, stretching all the way from Maine to…
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Iran’s brutal overreaction
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.org
Regardless of who really won the Iranian election, the brutal reaction of the theocratic regime to peaceful protests has destroyed any legitimacy…
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New car habit can cure hard times
By Saul Landau
You know bad times have hit when Illinois budget cuts no longer permit the state to bury dead indigents. A letter to funeral homes from the Department of Human Services…
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Not enough audacity
By Paul Krugman
From The New York Times (June 25, 2009)
When it comes to domestic policy, there are two Barack Obamas.
On one side there’s Barack the Policy Wonk, whose command of the…
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You provide the Tweets, we’ll provide the info war
The Iranian protests and the mainstream media
By Jack Z. Bratich
We can all remember a moment when we gazed up at the sky and used our imagination to make familiar shapes out of the…
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‘If you’re not sick, we’re not doing our job’
A message from the AMA
And now a message from the American Medical Association. Who is the AMA? We’re your family doctor… who makes you wait two weeks for an appointment. We’re the…
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An irreversible and inevitable process marches on
By Lorenzo Cañizares and Rolando Castañeda
Early this month, the Obama administration indicated its desire to begin a dialogue with the Cuban government to solve the migratory problem…
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More competition in health care
By Bill Press
As usual, the president said it best: "Millions of our citizens do not have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health care. Millions do not now have…
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The Iranian election: A contrarian view
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
Viewed from the West, it’s hard not to sympathize with Mir Housein Mousavi and the Iranian opposition forces that have challenged president…
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