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Homelessness: The Fault in "American Greatness" report cover

Homelessness: The Fault in "American Greatness"

Across Oakland and Berkeley, tent camps are sprouting near BART tracks and underpasses. As rents skyrocket in the Bay Area, California working class communities are disproportionately affected.
Image Credit: Doug Blackmon, Erik Prince, Ann Hagedorn; Aftermath of of the Endless War

The Return of Erik Prince: Trump's Knight in America's New Crusade

The Return of Erik Prince: Trump’s Knight in America’s New Crusade? a new brief from the Oakland Institute, exposes the comeback of the founder of Blackwater, the notorious private security company. An ardent detractor of Obama/Clinton foreign policy during the presidential campaign, Prince is now set with access to unique assets, to be a key player in Trump’s foreign policy. Using information not seen before, the brief describes Prince’s post...

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Down on the Farm

Today, enthusiasm for agriculture borders on speculative mania. Driven by everything from rising food prices to growing demand for biofuel, the financial sector is taking an interest in farmland as never before.

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Betting on World Agriculture: US Private Equity Managers Eye Agricultural Returns

Following the 2007-2008 financial crisis and the collapse of the housing market, private equity funds have found a new lucrative soft commodity market to invest in – farmland. In a short period of time, obscured from public view, the flow of private capital into farmland and agriculture has grown dramatically worldwide.

Playing Politics With Aid: The Unholy Trinity of Defense, Diplomacy and Development in the War on Terrorism

For decades U.S. foreign aid has been accused of prioritizing U.S. political and military agenda over the needs of the poor around the globe. Now, the Bush administration has declared this to be the official foreign assistance policy of the United States.

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Blog

Scalia Vacancy Puts in Play US Pledge to Paris Agreement

Monday, March 21, 2016 Victor Menotti

President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat of deceased Justice Antonin Scalia may begin a new battle between parties, but its resolution could clearly solidify or sink the 2015 Paris Agreement for climate protection just signed by almost 200 nations.

Season of Hunger: A Crisis of Food Inflation & Shrinking Safety Nets in the U.S.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Hunger and food insecurity is on the increase in the U.S. as families face ultimatums: to pay for food or rent, food or medicine. In 2006, 42 percent of households chose between food and utilities, 35 percent between food and housing, and 32 percent between food and health care.

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Press Releases and Public Statements

No False Solutions! Citizens Mobilize to Educate Governor Reynolds and the IUB on Dangers of Carbon Pipelines

Joint Letter to TPG Rise Climate — Divest from Summit Carbon Solutions' Carbon Pipeline Project

Joint Letter to Tiger Infrastructure Partners — Divest from Summit Carbon Solutions' Carbon Pipeline Project

Open Letter to Congress Calling to Suspend All Funding and Tax Credits to Summit Carbon Solutions and other CCS Projects

Open Letter to the Iowa Utilities Board – Say No to Summit Carbon Solutions’ Carbon Pipeline Project

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Media

The Indigenous Pay the Price for Nicaragua’s Gold Rush

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En Nicaragua, los indígenas pagan el precio de la fiebre del oro

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Estados Unidos se guarda sanciones contra Eniminas y los socios de la dictadura en el sector minero

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U.S. “holds back” sanctions against Eniminas and dictatorship’s mining partners, The Oakland Institute reveals

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EEUU no está aplicando sanciones al sector de la extracción de oro de Nicaragua

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