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Job Growth on Stable Course as Employment Rate Rises in January
The unemployment rate inched up by 0.1 percent in January to 4.8 percent, as the economy reportedly added 227,000 jobs.
Trump’s Proposed Change Would Give Green Light to White Supremacist Violence
Trump's reported plan to change a federal program that combats violent “extremism” looks like a step toward empowering white supremacist groups.
Seattle Moves Toward Divesting From Wells Fargo to Protest the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Seattle City Council Finance Committee voted unanimously to recommend divestment.
We Must Resist Trump’s Energy Plan
Trump picked Tillerson, outgoing president of ExxonMobil, for secretary of state; and Pruitt, a climate change denier, for head of the EPA.
The Dangers of “Alternative Facts” in Trump’s Post-Truth World
How do we get across to people the dangers of post-truth tactics, if they do not have a visceral concern about truth in politics?
Dual Registration Is Not Voter Fraud: Trump Inner Circle Members Registered to Vote in Two States
Neither Trump nor his aides have come up with a single fact to back up his claim, so why is he pursuing an investigation?
Amazon Reef: BP and Total Set to Drill for Oil Near Newly Discovered Coral Reef
BP and Total are planning to drill for oil near a recently discovered coral reef off the coast of Brazil.
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Drought Could Cost Sri Lanka Billions
Sri Lanka is heading into one of its worst droughts in 30 years.
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Banks Agree to Talk With Tribe (While Handing Over Millions for Dakota Access)
Wells Fargo, TD Bank, and Citibank will meet with Standing Rock Sioux leaders intense defund-DAPL pressure.
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“It’s Like Torture”: As Legal Fight Continues, Families Are Split by Trump’s Muslim Ban
Many detained by the Muslim ban were also denied access to a lawyer and threatened if they tried to use their cell phones.