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Bored, Underachieving American Students – Who’s To Blame?

(MintPress) – “If students are going to succeed in the competitive global economy, they need to be exposed to a rigorous curriculum. But many students believe their class work is too easy,” wrote Ulrich Boser and Lindsay Rosenthal, in an introduction to a new study which found that students in American elementary and high schools are […]

July 11th, 2012
Carissa Wyant
July 11th, 2012
By Carissa Wyant
Bored, Underachieving American Students – Who’s To Blame?

(MintPress) – “If students are going to succeed in the competitive global economy, they need to be exposed to a rigorous curriculum. But many students believe their class work is too easy,” wrote Ulrich Boser and Lindsay Rosenthal, in an introduction to a new study which found that students in American elementary and high schools are […]

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‘A Journey Into Moral Depravity’ – US Congressman Dennis Kucinich On Covert Wars

When 26 members of the US Congress wrote to President Obama recently urging him to get a grip on his use of drones as ‘faceless ambassadors that cause civilian deaths,’ one man in particular was responsible. Congressman for Ohio Dennis Kucinich has been a career politician for more than 40 years – but he’s no Washington insider. […]

June 29th, 2012
Chris Woods
June 29th, 2012
By Chris Woods
‘A Journey Into Moral Depravity’ – US Congressman Dennis Kucinich On Covert Wars

When 26 members of the US Congress wrote to President Obama recently urging him to get a grip on his use of drones as ‘faceless ambassadors that cause civilian deaths,’ one man in particular was responsible. Congressman for Ohio Dennis Kucinich has been a career politician for more than 40 years – but he’s no Washington insider. […]

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Unfair Trade? An Examination Of US Politicians’ Share Sales

The latest instalment in an extended investigation by the Washington Post into American lawmakers and their personal finances revealed that members of Congress frequently trade in companies while simultaneously dealing with legislation that would affect that particular stock. The Washington Post examined 45,000 individual congressional stock transactions that occurred between 2007 to 2010 to reveal […]

June 27th, 2012
Will Fitzgibbon
June 27th, 2012
By Will Fitzgibbon

The latest instalment in an extended investigation by the Washington Post into American lawmakers and their personal finances revealed that members of Congress frequently trade in companies while simultaneously dealing with legislation that would affect that particular stock. The Washington Post examined 45,000 individual congressional stock transactions that occurred between 2007 to 2010 to reveal […]

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Analysis: Rio +20 – Epic Failure

Rio de Janeiro, the Cidade Maravilhosa, the home of Christ the Redeemer, is the birthplace of the United Nations Earth Summit. So it seems appropriate that the giant beast of sustainable development negotiations should come here to die. And where New World Vultures smell the wounded and circle overhead. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, known […]

June 25th, 2012
Brendan Montague
June 25th, 2012
By Brendan Montague

Rio de Janeiro, the Cidade Maravilhosa, the home of Christ the Redeemer, is the birthplace of the United Nations Earth Summit. So it seems appropriate that the giant beast of sustainable development negotiations should come here to die. And where New World Vultures smell the wounded and circle overhead. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, known […]

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“1 Per Day” Murder of Environmental Activists Continues To Rise

(MintPress) – An independent report released this week shows a marked increase in the murder of environmental activists worldwide. Over the past decade, the numbers of environmental activists killed globally rose to 711, around 1 per day. As national representatives meet in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this week for the United Nations Conference for Sustainable […]

June 23rd, 2012
Martin Michaels
June 23rd, 2012
By Martin Michaels
“1 Per Day” Murder of Environmental Activists Continues To Rise

(MintPress) – An independent report released this week shows a marked increase in the murder of environmental activists worldwide. Over the past decade, the numbers of environmental activists killed globally rose to 711, around 1 per day. As national representatives meet in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this week for the United Nations Conference for Sustainable […]

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Analysis: Oversight Failures Help Oil Obama’s Killing Machine

Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones range at will over Pakistan, Yemen […]

June 20th, 2012
Chris Woods
June 20th, 2012
By Chris Woods
Analysis: Oversight Failures Help Oil Obama’s Killing Machine

Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones range at will over Pakistan, Yemen […]

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Olympism Profiteering, Exploitation And Corruption

(CHICAGO) – Olympism is more about profiteering, exploitation and cynicism than sport. For more than a century, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hypocritically advanced notions of peace, unity, friendship and sport the way it’s meant to be. The Olympic Movement’s Charter states that the IOC’s mission “is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead […]

June 18th, 2012
Stephen Lendman
June 18th, 2012
By Stephen Lendman
Olympism Profiteering, Exploitation And Corruption

(CHICAGO) – Olympism is more about profiteering, exploitation and cynicism than sport. For more than a century, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hypocritically advanced notions of peace, unity, friendship and sport the way it’s meant to be. The Olympic Movement’s Charter states that the IOC’s mission “is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead […]

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