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The History That Birthed the Tsarnaev Boys

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'The Daily Show': Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

This Is Water: Fishy Advice From David Foster Wallace

How the IRS' Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional

Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’
By Paul Brown, Climate News Network

How the IRS’ Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional
By Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Recurring Nightmares? Wake Up and Take Action
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers

An Interview With Ron Wyden, the Senate’s Powerful Policy Wonk
By Joe Conason

Flaring Violence Kills 130 People in Iraq in Three Days

Super PAC Suggests Rand Paul Is Running for President in 2016

The History That Birthed the Tsarnaev Boys

Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia

How Profitable Are Students in 2013?

Googleland: Coming Soon to a Country Near You

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

‘The Daily Show’: Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

Video Allegedly Shows Police Beating David Silva to Death

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

What Fate Awaits Orwell’s Birthplace?

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

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Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

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Kolyma Tales

By Varlam Shalamov; John Glad (Translator)

Tag: Billion

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Obama Pumps $2 Billion Into Solar Efforts

President Obama announced the award of nearly $2 billion in economic stimulus funds for new solar plants, saying it will create thousands of jobs and boost the use of renewable energy. The announcement came just a day after a gloomy June employment report.

Posted on Jul 3, 2010 READ MORE | 10 COMMENTS

AP Photo / Anja Niedringhaus

Dissent Grows Among Republican Ranks

Although Lt. Gen. David Petraeus thinks the U.S. troop “surge” is finally starting to show some positive results, it may be too late to bolster the enthusiasm of several key Republicans in Congress who have joined their Democratic colleagues in challenging President Bush’s position on the Iraq war—which, along with the war in Afghanistan, is costing America $12 billion a month.

Posted on Jul 9, 2007 READ MORE | 11 COMMENTS

AP / Tony Avelar

Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion

It’s the search engine company’s priciest acquisition in its eight-year history.
We’re, like, really, really happy for YouTube founders Chad Hurley, 29, and Steven Chen, 27—instant mega-millionaires presiding over a video-sharing company still in the red.

Posted on Oct 9, 2006 READ MORE | 3 COMMENTS

Iraq War Cost: $2b a Week

That’s the word from a new congressional report, which tallies the spending at $379 billion in total, or 20% more than last year, as we spend more and more on establishing long-term bases in the area.

Posted on Sep 28, 2006 READ MORE | 1 COMMENT

Small Miracle: House Votes Against Oil Subsidy

In this time of record profits for oil companies, the House approved a measure to withdraw a $7-billion subsidy over the next five years. Unbelievably, 165 Republicans wanted to let the oil companies keep the public’s money.