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Blog
Encounters With Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
August 7 - America's historical novelist, play and screen writer Gore Vidal was a memorable figure full of wisdom and quips. By Saul Landau

Column
Washington's Democratic Double-Standard
August 6 - Uncle Sam isn't making much fuss over Latin America's law-breaking lawmakers. By William A. Collins and Emily Schwartz Greco

Blog
Violence Defines American Culture
August 3 - When James Holmes mowed down twelve people and wounded almost sixty at a movie theater in Colorado, aggression penetrated my pores, inundated my brain and covered the cells of my heart. By Saul Landau

Commentary
Understanding the Standoff in Mali
August 3 - The prospects for a new war in the Sahel appear increasingly probable. By Giorgio Cafiero

Commentary
Playing the Pundit
August 3 - Many entertainment figures, like George Clooney, have entered the world of punditry. But what happens when a pundit goes the other way? By John Feffer

Justice

Commentary
Global Stewarts
August 8 - Jon Stewart, the premier political satirist of his generation, is one of a kind. Or is he? By Foreign Policy In Focus

Column
Grabbing Bigger Slices of Pie
August 6 - New research shows that we shouldn't swallow conservative claims about taxes. By Sam Pizzigati

Magazine Article
Greetings from the New Economy
August 5 - In Bard's campus, thinkers and doers prepare to transform our fossil fuel-powered, finance-bloated, inegalitarian economy into one that is resilient, just, and sustainable. By Abby Scher

Commentary
The Consequences & Morality of the Return of U.S. Debtors' Prisons
August 2 - Over a third of U.S. states now allow police to jail people for owing all matter of debts, from medical bills to credit card and auto loans. By Eric Cheng

Commentary
Art and the Arab Awakening
August 2 - Since the Arab Spring, artists have helped to foster a more vibrant civil society and pointed the way toward more durable democratic institutions. By Nama Khalil

Environment

Op-Ed
Crashing the GDP
August 6 - A harrowing road trip on the first day of my summer internship helped me get the point of my work on the Genuine Progress Indicator. By Vicky Plestis

Commentary
One Reason Behind India's Blackout: World Bank Policies and Neoliberalism
August 1 - An ideology of neoliberalism foisted on India by the World Bank and IMF was partly to blame for the blackout. By Daphne Wysham

Op-Ed
Smoldering Planet
July 30 - Colorado's wildfires and the record heat waves should sober up some climate change doubters. By Saul Landau, published in The Liberty (TX) Vindicator

Op-Ed
Real Nowhere Men (and Women)
July 23 - Nowhereisland is about living kindly, governing gently, and not taking oneself too seriously. By Peter Certo, published in The Alliance (OH) Review and Counterpunch

Blog
Photo Slideshow: An Act of Art
July 9 - I joined artist activists in London for a guerilla installation and performance piece at the Tate Modern Museum to protest oil giant BP's involvement in the art community. By Janet Redman

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