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Don’t Certify Electors and Electoral College Vote Without Full Recount
The American people deserve to know that the outcome of this election is actually valid.
Obama’s Grand Finale on Fracking Is Too Little, Too Late
The EPA's report linking fracking to water contamination reminds us that we can't rely on the government to protect us.
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Why the US Should Have Universal Health Care
Health care shouldn't be a messy political fight to begin with: it's an issue of basic human rights.
McConnell Won’t Say if Tillerson Can Be Confirmed as Secretary of State
Tea leaves in the Senate suggest it could be an uphill battle to get Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson confirmed.
Recharging the Batteries of Whiteness: Trump’s New Racial Identity Politics
Trump has built on Republican white supremacy politics and stoked a narrative of white victimhood.
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Defying Political Pushback, Private Colleges Quietly Enroll Undocumented Students
Outside financial support helps, but post-election realities may overcome bold rhetoric.
It Was a Blighted City Block. But This Resident Is Turning It Into a Solar-Powered Ecovillage
Detroit-area resident Harris bought several properties and is now converting them into sustainable community spaces.
Native Waters, Native Warriors: From Standing Rock to Honduras
Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota and Lenca in Honduras are sharing strategies of mobilization and direct action.
Soil: Keeping Nutrients in Food and Carbon in the Ground
Soil stores nutrients, carbon and micro-organisms.
Cops of the Pacific? The US Military’s Role in Asia in the Age of Trump
Trump will arrive in the Oval Office in January at a moment when Pentagon preparations for a future US-Japan-South Korean triangular military alliance.