On February 1 the New York Times ran a front page story by two of their journalists confirming the intentions of the United States to…
Europe
It is quite incredible that the unelected bureaucrats of the EU Commission are even entertaining such an idea as the deeply unpopular TTIP trade deal amid…
Ali had a problem. “Before the drought I would have to dig 60 or 70 meters to find water,” he recalls. “Then I had to…
Even with global inequality at historic highs and corporate tax evasion in the public spotlight, a new report out Monday shows how a so-called free…
When you lend When you lend somebody money, they usually have to pay you for the privilege. That has been a bedrock assumption across centuries…
Updates on China achieves economic superpower status, profit produces drug scarcities, Ireland's unjust austerity, millionaire tax in Massachusetts. Major discussions of self-destructive cut-backs in public…
A national study suggests that intensive farming is perhaps the greatest danger to wild bee survival. Led by University of Vermont scientist Dr. Insu Koh,…
There are times in the Middle East when nightmares and delusions take the place of the real and growing tragedy which is consuming the Arab…
Prof. Chris Shaw is an associate at the Tyndal Center for Climate Change Research and a Visiting Fellow at the Sussex Energy Group. For the…
An alarming new study has shown that the world’s forests are not only disappearing rapidly, but that areas of “core forest” — remote interior areas critical for…
As crises in the Middle East escalate, food has become a weapon of war. A new Associated Press analysis published Friday looks at the way food supply and…
More indicators show growing instability in the global economy, as US economy now appears to be slowing rapidly as well. Jack disassembles US 4th quarter…