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Mind Games

Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:45 Greg Guma

Are cyberspace and psychiatric drugs messing with our heads?

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:55

Between the Taliban and a Hard Place: The Struggle of Afghanistan’s Youth

Wednesday, 31 August 2011 10:50 Sam Weir

The powerful attraction of Afghanistan youth to the Taliban often has little to do with religious views and everything to do with an empty stomach.

Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores

Sunday, 27 November 2011 19:00 Greg Palast

It’s all my fault, because I’m such a cheap bastard. I was told to rent a white van, something nondescript that painters or a handyman might use and wouldn’t be noticed parked at dawn on a road where only BMWs and Carrera 95s play. - Excerpted from Greg Palast's new book.

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 November 2011 19:54

US Seeks to Establish Naval Base on Jeju Island in Spite of Protests

Monday, 17 October 2011 19:00 John Lasker

At protest against base on Jeju Island

On beautiful Jeju Island, south of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Navy is building a base with US support that will soon harbor some of the world’s most advanced weapons.

Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production

Thursday, 05 January 2012 16:27 Jeff Nall

Dried cocoa beans

Mainstream media outlets and consumers have been understandably quick to take note of the benefits chocolate and coffee offer. Yet most American consumers are ignorant to the mounting evidence indicating that the laborers whom they have to thank for cultivating these products are being grossly exploited.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 January 2012 16:49

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