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The International Criminal Court Will Start Prosecuting People Who Commit Crimes Against the Environment
It's great that environmental crimes are now being considered at the highest level of global justice. But the ICC alone isn't enough.
Contractor Behind DAPL Assessment Was Working on Connecting Pipeline for the Same Company
A private firm that conducted the environmental review for the highly contentious Dakota Access pipeline was simultaneously working for Energy Transfer.
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Which Voters Show Up When States Allow Early Voting?
Does so-called convenience voting increase turnout overall and minority turnout in particular?
Neonicotinoids: Unpublished Industry Studies Detail Harm to Bee Health
Chemical giants Bayer and Syngenta commissioned private studies which showed that their neonicotinoid pesticides can cause serious harm to bees.
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Far-Right Trump Consultant to Be Honored Speaker at Illinois Police SWAT Training
The role of an anti-Muslim pundit Sebastian Gorka in police conference is raising eyebrows.
Donald Trump’s Gigantic Ego and Why It Could Destroy Us
Trump's own books reveal his nastiness and vindictiveness, his out-of-control sexism, and his self-importance.
Time to Treat Bank CEOs Like Adults
The country's major banks are like trouble-making adolescents.
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There Oughta Be a Law… Should Prison Really Be the US Way?
We are living in a country where the solution to just about any social problem is to create a law against it, and then punish those who break it.
How Much More Environmental Injustice Must Uniontown, Alabama, Bear?
I have observed with sadness the harmful effects, distress, and heartache Uniontown citizens have experienced since the establishment of Arrowhead Landfill.
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We Have All Won an Oligarchy and Lost a Democracy
The mainstream media is completely devoid of the kind of information a functional press is supposed to provide the citizens of a democratic republic.