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Dear ITT Ideologist: Karzai’s Currency War, and Fearsome Flying Bankers

Pete Karman

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The Federal Underclass

The Department of Veterans Affairs is paying some of its employees—including veterans—close to poverty wages.

Joseph Riedel

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Why Democrats Got Shellacked

And how they can emerge from the country's new political stalemate.

David Moberg

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Targeting Soft Money

A retailer’s foray into electoral politics could help fuel campaign-finance reform.

Sam Ross-Brown

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Dear ITT Ideologist: Iran’s Mercurial Mullahs and the Dismal Science

Pete Karman

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The Truth About Civil Servants

The shiftless paperpusher fattened on your tax dollars doesn't really exist.

Michelle Chen

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Excommunicated Over Abortion

A nun's decision to save a life angers a U.S. bishop.

Robin Peterson

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In Vermont, Shades of McCarthy

The state's Republican candidate for governor waves a bogus list—but this time the enemies are prisoners, not communists.

Terry J. Allen

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Instant Election Reform

Increasingly popular runoff voting system gives third-party candidates a chance.

Margaret Smith

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Bikini’s Tragic Heritage

The world's most atomic atoll is recognized by the UN.

Peter Cohen

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Kaiser’s Bitter Labor War

Upstart NUHW challenges SEIU in California hospitals—and the future of healthcare unionism.

David Moberg

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Dear Ideologist: Abstemious Abnegation and Aging in America

Pete Karman

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No Indulgence for Father Bourgeois

Upset that one of its own supports ordination of women, a Catholic missionary order defunds SOA Watch.

George Fish

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Singapore’s Useful Peasants

As they power a robust recovery, the city-state's foreign-born workers face a growing backlash.

Joseph B. Atkins

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Alice Waters’ Chez Sludge

The world-famous advocate of local, organic food now advocates controversial "organic biosolids compost" for gardens.

John Stauber

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Dear ITT Ideologist: Interstate Warfare and the Teahadists

Pete Karman

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BP: Dispersing Oil or Criticism?

Toxic chemicals helped the oil giant save face, but their health and environmental impacts are unknown

Terry J. Allen

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Slavery in Our Time

For the first time, the U.S. government acknowledges modern-day slavery in the United States.

Michelle Chen

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Bad Air in ‘Green’ Buildings

Much-touted LEED-certified buildings may not be so perfect.

Melinda Tuhus

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Dear ITT Ideologist: McChrystal’s Predicament, and an Insecure Israeli

Pete Karman

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Tax Dodgers, Inc.

Congress tries—and so far fails—to combat "legal" corporate tax avoidance, which costs the U.S. Treasury billions each year

Christopher Moraff

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Where the Press is Free to Die

Death of jailed journalist raises questions in Cameroon, one of Africa's most corrupt nations

Stefan Simanowitz

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Certifying ‘Blood Chocolate’

Activists question the candy industry’s commitment to ending cocoa industry child labor.

Sara Peck

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Got Raw Milk?

Small farmers and consumer advocates say unpasteurized milk bans are about protecting big industry.

Marie Landau