Investigative Reports
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JUNE 8, 2011
By WAYNE LUSVARDI
Remember Pol Pot, the Cambodian dictator and head of the Khmer Rouge? According to Wikipedia, "During his time in power, Pol Pot imposed a version of agrarian socialism, forcing urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced ...
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JUNE 2, 2011
By JOHN SEILER
The history of California practically is the history of water. So it's not surprising that the recent history of the state involves a shift from government facilitating growth to government sharply restricting growth -- in water and the rest of the economy.
The o...
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MAY 23, 2011
By JOHN SEILER
Today's U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating California state prison reductions must lead to long-needed reforms. The decision upheld a lower court ruling that from 38,000 to 46,000 must be released due to overcrowding that violated the Eight Amendment's ban on "cr...
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MAY 18, 2011
By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY
When cities outsource services to save money, they often take heat from workers. It’s different in Berkeley, where a revolutionary plan to “insource” services to the city drew the wrath of recycling reactionaries.
Berkeley’s progressive pretensio...
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