Issue 273

Oil-Palm Plantations on Afro-Colombian Lands

We received the following letter from the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, in response to our article on the devastating effects of the expanding palm oil industry on Afro-Colombian communities of the Pacific coast (Blood on the Palms, July/August 2007). The author of the article, David Bacon, thou

Immigration History

ICE to Freeze Bank Profits?

In the face of the subprime mortgage crisis, it turns out that making home loans to undocumented immigrants might be

Acting in the Big Picture

New study guide builds on history, hope.

War Spending Placed Above Domestic Priorities

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The Fed and America's Distorted Expansion

[seealso id="1"] The U.S. economy has been in expansion mode since November 2001. Though of reasonable

Inequality Worsens Across Asia, Wall Street Journal Cheers

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(Mis)Understanding a Banking Industry in Transition

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