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Deregulation Taskforce Targeted Building Standards Before Grenfell Tower Blaze
A government-backed initiative to cut “red tape” after Brexit was looking to reduce the “burden” of EU building regulations.
One Family’s Bold Stand to Block Construction of a New Pipeline
In central Pennsylvania Ellen Gerhart's property lies about midway along the length of the Mariner East 2 pipeline.
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UN Warns Human-Caused Soil Contamination Threatens Global Food Security
Soils are polluted due mostly to human activities that leave excess chemicals in soils used to grow food, the UN reports.
Single-Payer Fight Moves to Massachusetts
Massachusetts was first to legalize gay marriage; will it also be first to introduce single-payer health care?
The US at War Since 9/11: Reality or Reality TV?
In this country, we don't have to know that in US wars real people die.
Qatar Dust-Up Prompts Senator Corker to Restrict Future US Arms Deals
Future weapons sales to Persian Gulf coast countries will face more restrictions.
Gorsuch Leans Far Right in Muslim Ban Case
The justice who favored torture and warrantless surveillance is also in favor of Trump's Muslim Ban.
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With Yemen Devastated, Time Is Running Out to Demand US Withdrawal
Saudi Arabia's war and blockade in Yemen would not be possible without US approval.
This Is a Piece I Would Write About How to Fight Trumpcare, if I Were Well Enough
It seems this bill, and all its horrors, have faded into a background of horrors in the American psyche.
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An Open Letter to the GOP: You Are Sentencing Me to Death
Health care is never a numbers game — it's always about life and death for somebody.