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Susan Rice on the Poverty-Conflict Nexus

Mark Leon Goldberg at 12/1/2008 1:01PM

Long before Susan Rice was Obama's pick for UN Ambassador, she contributed this piece to UN Dispatch. Originally published May 31, 2007.

Space Based Solar Power

Mark Leon Goldberg at 11/25/2008 11:20AM

This is a super cool video. I particularly like how it is framed as a "message to the next president of the United States." From GoGreenTube.

The Garden of Eatin'

Travis Moore at 11/22/2008 2:53PM

From Roger Dioron and Eat The View, a history of gardens on the White House lawn.

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Rich Garella at 8/18/2008 3:37PM

Executive Order: No more torture, mistreatment, rendition of any detainee

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The President should issue an unequivocal Executive Order: No prisoner or detainee of any department, agency or contracted entity shall be tortured or mistreated, physically, psychologically or otherwise, or turned over to any other country without verifiable guarantees. All personnel acting under US authority, whether armed service, intelligence or contractor are obliged to report any instances of prisoner mistreatment to an executive-level ombudperson empowered to conduct a full investigation

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