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The problem is that, in America assimilation means learning one's place in the nation's racial hierarchy, Aviva Chomsky writes in her new book, They Take Our Jobs! And 20 Other Myths About Immigration. By Aviva Chomsky

Over 300 contractors have been killed in Iraq with very little inquiry into their deaths. The families claim that Blackwater is attempting to cover up its incompetence, its cutting of corners in favor of higher profits, and its over billing to the government. By Daniel J. Callahn / Marc P. Miles

The December storm dominated our local news and made national headlines, preceding the blizzard that stranded five thousand travelers at the Denver airport.

George Monbiot's new book Heat picks up where Al Gore left off on global warming, offering real solutions without sugar-coating the large personal sacrifices they will require. By David Morris

Despite the challenges presented by the current administration, the global justice movement has made impressive strides.

Evidence is piling up that emissions from the production of synthetic compounds in non-stick cookware, cleaning products, and a host of other common products may cause cancer and other health problems. By Stan Cox

The radical Christian Right is coming dangerously close to its goal of taking over the country's military and law enforcement. By Chris Hedges

Intelligence sources indicate that ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko was likely the victim of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service for alleged false-flag bombings that were carried out in Russia starting in 1999. By Larisa Alexandrovna

My favorite article from the campaign season appeared in the October 9 issue of Time, in which Mike Allen and James Carney wrote a detailed piece about why Republicans were not worried about the upcoming elections. By Eric Boehlert

The history of American war profiteering is rife with egregious examples of incompetence, fraud, tax evasion, embezzlement, bribery and misconduct. As war historian Stuart Brandes has suggested, each new war is infected with new forms of war profiteering. By Charlie Cray

The U.S. punditocracy and ruling elite is fixated on Hizbullah as a "terrorist group" even though the organization hasn't engaged in international terror against American civilians in many years. By Juan Cole

America exported $10.48 billion worth of film and television in 2004. The world's favorite TV show is the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Every day, in almost every corner of the globe, people stream to movies made in the United States. By Frida Berrigan

The rage and extremism of the Islamic militants in Lebanon and the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza appear incomprehensible to the outside world. By Chris Hedges

There are people, concentrated in the Hamptons and Beverly Hills, who still confuse poverty with the simple life. No cable TV, no altercations with the maid, no summer home maintenance issues -- just the basics like family, sunsets and walks in the park. By Barbara Ehrenreich

On September 11, 2001, the United States was hit by devastating terrorist attacks perpetrated by a transnational terrorist network. Less than a year later, it was apparent that the Bush administration wanted to invade Iraq, allegedly as part of the response.

Our economy depends so much on fossil fuel that a lack of oil without any alternative fuel sources would lead to total chaos. By George Orwel

The Western world loudly opposed the death sentence given to a Christian convert in Afghanistan while ignoring the country's oppression of women. By Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls

We need to resurrect the good '60s -- a time when acting, despite being messy and imperfect, made a lot of good things happen. By Don Hazen,

A popular scientist says that contrary to past beliefs, humans are not 'killer apes' destined for violent conflict, but can make their own history. By Robert M. Sapolsky

The news on Monday that an Austrian court has sentenced crackpot British historian David Irving to three years' imprisonment for having denied the Holocaust seventeen years ago should have alarmed free speech advocates -- particularly at a time when Muslim fundamentalists are being lectured as to th

Last week, within days of each other, Chevron and ExxonMobil announced record quarterly and annual profits for the second year running. These are not your average earnings statements. These are profits on an inconceivable scale, profits that dwarf the income levels of most countries.

Bolvia's Evo Morales is the sixth presidential candidate in the last seven years to win an election while campaigning against economic neoliberalism. By Mark Weisbrot

If you are an educated, thinking person, you will not be welcome in Washington, D.C. The guessers are in charge -- the haters of information. By Kurt Vonnegut

Paranoid and frightened, the anti-immigrant group that calls itself the Minutemen mourn the American dream, patrolling the Mexico-U.S. border in their SUVs. By Ben Ehrenreich

Neil Hendrick's new comic book series, 'The Black Heart Irregulars,' dares to go where superheroes fear to tread -- beyond the Green Zone in war-torn Iraq. By J. Caleb Mozzocco

Communities will -- hopefully -- stabilize after decreasing their dependence on the overstretched, oil-dependent supply lines that mark our globalized economy.

Shortly after the catastrophic 1989 Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Exxon sent Don Cornett, the company's top official in Alaska at the time, to the fishing port of Cordova to reassure the fishers that the company would make things right. By Ashley Shelby

The mood quickly changed from the thrills of approval as Dahr Jamail began his stories of torture in Iraq by the US military. By Jodie Evans,

17 Ağustos 2003 tarihinde Riverbend ilk güncesini internette yayınladı. Okuyucularına kendini şöyle tanıtıyordu: "Ben 24 yaşında Iraklı bir kadınım. Savaştan sağ olarak kurtuldum, bilmeniz gereken tek şey bu; zaten bugünlerde en önemli şey de bu."

Categorically, the giant, mainstream personal care products companies continue to use known or suspected toxic ingredients in their product formulas. By Rebecca Ephraim