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Feminism Must Be Intersectional: Putting Child Care on the Agenda
To move forward the reproductive rights movement must embrace a broader feminist agenda that includes child care.
William Rivers Pitt | When It Comes to Trump, We Should Be Too Petrified to Laugh
There's a joke in here somewhere, but I'll be damned if I can find it.
Reality and the US-Made Famine in Yemen
Building toward a time when our voices may unite and be heard, we must raise them now in crying out for the people of Yemen.
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Climate Change Is Making Kenya’s Droughts More Severe
Kenya's current severe drought, exacerbated by the recent La Nina, has left over two million people in Kenya without enough to eat.
New Orleans’ Ninth Ward Fights Freeway Through Historic Black Neighborhood
New Orleans residents are fighting a racist freeway project that would damage the community and uproot families.
As Trump Slashes EPA, Worry Over the Fate of an Agency Doing Similar Work
The work of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is at risk.
What Slashing the Labor Department Budget by 21 Percent Would Mean
The Trump administration's “budget blueprint” would devastate worker safety and job training programs.
Suppliers of Lowe’s in the US and Walmart in Brazil Linked to Slave Labor in the Amazon
Slave labor-analogous conditions were revealed by investigation of logging camps in Para, Brazil.
The Fed’s Interest Rate Hike Will Prevent People From Getting Jobs
This month the Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates for the third time in the last year and a half.
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What Every Country Can Do to Make Schools Safer
Schools should be safe places for children — even during wartime.