Initiatives
AmpleHarvest.org
TEDxManhattan - Gary Oppenheimer - AmpleHarvest.org -- A Homegrown So
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Books
Urban Poverty in the Global South ... Scale and Nature
Review by IRIN ... GLOBAL: Rethinking urban poverty
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Open file 4002
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Knowledge
Freedom means access to knowledge
The political consequences of academic paywalls ... Academic paywalls unwittingly benefit oppressive regimes - at society's expense.
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Open file 4003
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Arms Trade
US role questionable
The Pentagon as a global NRA ... For Washington, there is no arms control abroad.
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Open file 4004
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Country ... Mali
Repelling the Al Quaeda Insurgency
French and Malian troops enter Diabaly ... French and Malian troops take two key towns with little resistance as troops from Chad arrive in Mali.
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Open file 4005
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Country ... Mali
Repelling the Al Quaeda Insurgency
French troops help Mali retake captured town ... Rebels driven out of town of Konna after France launches air strikes to halt advances by fighters.
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Open file 4006
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Poverty
Wealth not solving poverty
Oxfam says world's rich could end poverty ... UK-based charity says the world's 100 richest people earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty four times over.
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Open file 4007
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Health
Intelligence versus Public Health
White House Should Explicitly Ban Intelligence Involvement in Public Health Campaigns
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Open file 4008
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World News from AJE
AJE Opinion
Listing of AJE Opinion for the period from 2010 thru end 2012
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Open file 4009
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Activism
The Occupy Movement
Santiago Zabala ... A philosophy for the protesters ... The OWS movement grew out of the philosophical paradox that our financial system could not contain flaws.
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Country ... USA
Activism ... Occupy Wall Street
Danny Schechter ... Is it time to occupy the world? ... If the Occupy movement hopes to achieve anything, they must organise and create a proactive strategy.
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Open file 4011
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Country ... Israel
Mossad's Operations
Kill Him Silently ... The story behind Mossad's bungled bid to assassinate Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal.
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Open file 4012
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Country ... USA
Media
Secretary Clinton defends handling of Benghazi attack ...
Secretary of state shows rare outburst of anger in hearing over deadly attack on US consulate in Libya.
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Open file 4013
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Agri-Business
Lack of transparency
Green is the New Red ... FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists
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Open file 4014
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Ideas
Peter Gowan
CRISIS IN THE HEARTLAND ... Consequences of the New Wall Street System
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Open file 4015
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People
Peter Gowan
Obituary ... Peter Gowan, activist and academic, born 15 January 1946; died 12 June 2009
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Banking ... CitiGroup
To Hell with the Client
Did Citigroup Defraud Billions from U.S. Ally Abu Dhabi? ...
Abu Dhabi has likely learned an important lesson about how Wall Street does business. An investigative report reveals the company's nasty dealings.
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HEADLINES
World News AJE
Listing of Articles by Dean Baker
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Peter Burgess
Integrated Planning for Refugee Affected Areas ... Malawi
Peter Burgess was the Team Leader for UNDP's multi-agency Integrated Planning for Refugee Affected Areas ... Malawi in 1987
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BioChar
A small piece of the puzzle
Biochar’s Potential to Help is Rich, but Hurdles Remain
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Education
Technology and Education
Revolution Hits the Universities
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Open file 4021
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Country ... USA
National Character
Bill Maher: How Did America Become a Country of 'D*ckless Armchair Warriors'? ... We're no longer the home of the brave.
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Country ... USA
About Republicans
Finally, the Swaggering Republicans Are Afraid ...
House Speaker Boehner warned his fellow GOPers that Obama may be preparing “to annihilate” the GOP, marking a stunning reversal of fortune.
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Country ... USA
Guns
How the NRA Went From Best Friend of the Nation's Police to Harsh Enemy of Law Enforcement ...
As it became less willing to compromise over even minor gun controls, the NRA is now on the bad side of police.
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Health
Healthcare Information For All (HIFA)
AfroNet meassage about the HIFA initiative launching for 2013 to 2015 ... [afro-nets] HIFA 2013 Challenge: Meeting the information needs of prescribers and users of medicines
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Country ... USA
Banking
Obama's Failure to Punish Banks Should Be Causing Serious Social Unrest ...
A new PBS Frontline report examines outrageous steps Obama's administration took to protect Wall St. Wall Street from prosecutions.
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Banking
The Untouchables
A PBS Frontline report asks some tough questions ... but the answers are unsatisfactory
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Metrics
Measuring Shared Value
FSG ... Measuring Shared Value ... How to Unlock Value by Linking Social and Business Results
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Open file 4028
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HEADLINES
World News ... PBS
A listing for the period February 2013
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Country ... USA
Holding banks accountable
New York Attorney General Schneiderman takes on JPMorgan Chase ... pdf of the inditement
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Open file 4030
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World News AJE
Egypt
A listing of AJE pieces with a focus on Egypt ... January 2013
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Open file 4031
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World News AJE
Turkey
A listing of AJE pieces with a focus on Turkey ... January 2013
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Open file 4032
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World News AJE
Mali
A listing of AJE pieces with a focus on Mali ... January 2013
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Country ... Tunisia
What way forward?
The perils of identity politics in Tunisia ...
The outcome of the Tunisian revolution still hangs in the balance.
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Open file 4034
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Country ... USA
Book Review
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by Andrew J. Bacevich
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Country ... North Korea
Technology and transparency
Revealing N Korea's gulag and nuclear sites ... Google's newly updated maps show unprecedented detail in aerial imagery of isolated labour camps and missile launch pad.
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People ... USA
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton is a Congresswomen from the District of Columbia who joins Rachel Maddow quite often to address all sorts of issues. She also a frequent guest on PBS programs.
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Country ... USA
MacCain and Hagel
TRMS ... About Senator John MacCain and Senator Chuck Hagel ... their history and the Senate Hearings about confirming Hagel as Secretary of Defense.
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Open file 4038
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Country ... Spain
Transparency / Corruption
Spanish PM denies secret payments scandal ... Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says the allegations of undeclared donations published by a Spanish newspaper are false.
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Open file 4039
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World News AJE
Spain
A listing of AJE pieces with a focus on Spain ... January 2013
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Open file 4040
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People ... USA
Ed Koch ... Mayor of New York 1978 to 1989
Howard Barbanel ... Ed Koch: He Did Just Fine
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People ... USA
Ed Koch ... Mayor of New York 1978 to 1989
Ed Koch, New York's colorful longtime former mayor, dies
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Open file 4042
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Initiatives
The Bill and Melinda Gates Initiative
The Annual Letter from the The Bill and Melinda Gates Initiative
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Open file 4043
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People
Jonathan Oppenheimer
Jonathan Oppenheimer is interested in developing a framework to encourage healthy people on a healthy planet.
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Open file 4044
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Energy
The End of Economic Growth
Richard Heinberg ... an advocate for change in the way the economic decisions are made ... PostCarbonInstitute
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Open file 4045
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Country ... USA
Health
Doctor slams debt, health care in front of president ... Dr. Ben Carson on Obama's reaction ... A Fox interview
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Open file 4046
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US INFRASTRUCTURE
Broadband
Why is the USA way behind the rest of the world?
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Open file 4047
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Economics
Part of the White House dialog
Clif Carothers ... Ironically, Trickle Down Economics Trickled Down America's Future
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Open file 4048
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Country ... USA
Governance ... Reform of metrics
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: establish more meaningful metrics for the measurement of progress and performance throughout the economy and society
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Open file 4049
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Country ... Scotland
The issue of independence
Stiglitz: only independence will let Scots tackle income divide
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