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The Military Wants Us to Say We're Sorry: What Has Happened to the East Coast Asian Students' Union?

Vijay Prashad, Lai Wa Wu, CounterPunch. March 7, 2011.

Two keynote speakers on how the discourse shifted at ECAASU once military money got involved.

MIT: Eating Local Food Is the Key to Solving Our Obesity Epidemic

Tara Lohan, AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2009.

It's nice to hear someone other than Michael Pollan driving that point home.

Obama Must Use Health Care to Fix the Economy ... Here's How

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 4, 2008.

The financial crisis isn't an excuse to push off health care reform until the economy grows. In fact, it's quite the opposite.

Chomsky: "If the U.S. Carries Out Terrorism, It Did Not Happen"

Subrata Ghoshroy, AlterNet. October 4, 2008.

In an exclusive interview, Noam Chomksy weighs in on the financial collapse, the election and the power of U.S. propaganda.

Are Solar's Problems Solved?

Eoin O'Carroll, Christian Science Monitor. August 4, 2008.

MIT researches have come up with a discovery that may help to get over one of solar power's biggest drawbacks: storing energy.

Higher Education Conformity

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. May 2, 2007.

Is a college degree really a sign of competence? Or is it chiefly a signal to employers that you've mastered the ability to obey and conform?

FLASHBACK: Corporations Used 2004 Tax Holiday To Repatriate Billions, Then Laid Off Thousands Of Workers

Pat Garofalo, December 31, 1969.