Watching Out for Our Water
Dubious, albeit positive-sounding, promises from the corporate world can’t substitute for more meaningful safeguards against corporate abuse.
Waiter, There’s a Newfangled Technology in My Soup
The unregulated nanotech industry is spreading through the U.S. food system.
Playing Chicken in the Capitol
In Washington, adults are playing games that even slow-witted teenagers don’t play anymore.
America’s Real Job Creators are Broke
Despite the GOP’s ideological claptrap about corporate executives being “job creators,” it’s ordinary Americans who actually create jobs.
Raised Ceiling
Will this raised ceiling put a roof over our heads?
The Defense Industry Threatens America’s Economy
The military-industrial complex is driving America to the poorhouse.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 2: The Importance of Information in Wartime
In World War II, the Allies realized that winning the information war would be essential to their eventual success.
Bibi’s Mind in Action: “Housing Crisis? I Have Just the Thing!”
One of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s responses to the recent middle-class protests was to build almost a thousand new houses for the settlers.
Microbloggers Push the Envelope of Free Expression in China
The recent high-speed train crash in Wenzhou, China revealed that the Chinese are ravenous for the truth.
Playing Banana Monopoly: Agribusiness in Cameroon Threatens Independent Farmers
The Big Banana details the injustice that is inflicted when profit of multinational companies is put before the interest of the people.
Obama’s Approach to Disarmament as Self-Sabotaging as Debt-Ceiling Deal
As with the debt-ceiling deal, there’s no end to the largesse that the Obama administration bestows on the nuclear weapons program.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 1: How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace
The project intends to show how the United Nations was born in 1942, creating a relatively stable and peaceful post-war international system.
[VIDEO] FDR Has Advice for President Obama
In this segment from The Big Picture, Sam Pizzigatti tells Thom Hartmann what lesson President Obama can learn from past presidents to get this economy working again for everyone, and not just the richest one percent.
Doha Peace Agreement: Khartoum and the Rebel Groups’ Moment of Truth
If the Bashir administration allows the Doha agreement to become a meaningless piece of paper, all semblance of regional trust could be destroyed.
Women’s Exclusion Worsens Somali Crises
Somalia is now suffering from a drought on top of its civil war. Including women in decision-making roles is part of solving both crises.