For PE firms, the fracking boom was nirvana. An eternal-growth industry. A big part of the money they poured into the scrappy oil & gas…
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Income inequality is growing in the United States. The poor are getting poorer, and the rich, richer. But that's only part of the story: A new study shows that three out of…
United States President Barack Obama is the most admired foreign leader in Africa because he has ancestral roots in our continent. This is partly the…
As climates change, ticks spread farther north, harming dogs and humans A few weeks ago, on a pleasantly cool day, this reporter and his dog,…
Jonathan Pollard, a paid spy for Israel described by Michael D. Shear as “one of the country’s most notorious spies,” has been pardoned from his…
The wettest rainforest in the continental United States had gone up in flames and the smoke was so thick, so blanketing, that you could see…
It will not be news to 41 million Americans that this nation is in the middle of a student debt crisis. That's the number of…
A current Centers for Disease Control (CDC) senior scientist has made an unprecedented admission: he and his colleagues–he says– committed scientific misconduct to cover up…
The Washington Post’s descent into the depths of neoconservative propaganda – willfully misleading its readers on matters of grave importance – apparently knows no bounds…
he future without oil! For optimists, a pleasant picture: let’s call it Picture One. Shall we imagine it? There we are, driving around in our…
Magicians wield secrecy on the theater stage in the service of illusions. Spies likewise wield illusion on the world stage in the service of secrecy.…
Both the MH17 and the MH370 crashes are currently in the news. While MH17 is the object of the UN Security Council Resolution, US officials…