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  1. In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth
    1 Jan 2015 … Two new studies show how humans' flawed economic systems and vast consumption are destroying Earth's natural systems. Continue reading
  2. Why the Children? Child Rape and AIDS in South Africa why our children- south africa
    2 Feb 2002 … In this story of unspeakable tragedy and the painful search for justice, NOW introduces some of the tens of thousands of young girls — many now HIV-positive — who have been raped in South Africa. Continue reading
  3. Morning Reads: Germany Shuts Border, Jeremy Corbyn New Labour Head, Ben Carson Gets Lesson from Jerry Brown To huge applause, Jeremy Corbyn made his first public speech at the rally in Parliament Square, just hours after being elected Leader of the Labour Party. Here he is, back stage at the demo.
    9 Sep 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ… Continue reading
  4. Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala on Third-Party Politics
    9 Sep 2012 … The Green Party candidates for president and vice president talk about the impact of independent thought on politics and democracy. Continue reading
  5. The One Percent Are Cheating Us Out of a Quarter-Trillion Dollars in Taxes Every Year Internal Revenue Service building
    7 Jul 2020 … The problem here isn’t that we lack the knowledge to fix things — the problem is our political system. Continue reading
  6. A Force Unto Itself: A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as America’s 51st and Most Powerful State Members of a private security company pose on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad, 18 September 2007. Iraq declared today it will review the operations of all security firms working in the war-ravaged country following a deadly shootout involving private US contractor Blackwater. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)
    3 Mar 2016 … In the decades since the draft ended in 1973, a strange new military has emerged in the United States. Think of it, if you will, as a post-democratic force that prides itself on its warrior ethos rather than the old-fashioned Continue reading
  7. We’ll Need More Vaccines in a Warming World Child getting vaccinated
    2 Feb 2015 … Vaccines protect vulnerable populations from diseases that will be made worse by climate change, especially in developing nations. Continue reading
  8. Book Excerpt: “The John Carlos Story”
    9 Sep 2013 … In this excerpt from The John Carlos Story, the bronze-medal winner recounts what went through his mind before his racial protest at the 1968 Olympic Games. Continue reading
  9. This Q&A Is Top Secret, Contains Leaked Info and Definitely Was Not Peer Reviewed Katharine Hayhoe (Courtesy of katharinehayhoe.com)
    8 Aug 2017 … On Monday, Aug. 7, before North Korea, and before Charlottesville, you might recall that The New York Times published an article entitled “Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report” that kicked up a storm of press coverage. The draft Continue reading
  10. Strengthening Public-Interest Armies Against Big Banks In his new 80-page report “Too Big,” Public Citizen’s Financial Policy Advocate, Bart Naylor provides a vital tool for building a much stronger public-interest army for taking on the big banks. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2016 … Bart Naylor likes to joke that when he accepted a job as a Wall-Street lobbyist, he assumed he’d be making a big fat salary. Seven-digit paychecks have indeed become the norm. The three top lobbyists for the Securities Industry and Continue reading