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Hurricane Sandy-Sized Floods Could Be Up to 17 Times More Likely by 2100
Because hurricanes feed off warm waters, the theory goes that rising ocean temperatures have made — and will continue to make — hurricanes stronger.
Millions of Trees Are Dying Across the US
Forests are one of the Earth's most important protections again climate change.
Donald Trump and the Dangerous Rhetoric of Portraying People as Objects
The history of American political discourse is riddled with the “thingification” of people.
Neoliberalism’s Decades-Long Attack on Public Universities
Neoliberals have turned our universities into corporations and students into consumers.
Reproductive Rights Activists in Poland Prepare to Fight New Abortion Ban Proposals
It seems that the storm isn't over just yet in Poland.
Voting Is One Thing, but Let’s Not Let Partisan Loyalties Numb Us to Injustice
The downward spiral of the Democratic Party can only be stopped if we have a genuinely democratic multiparty system.
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In Swift Push for Body Cameras, Chicago Cut Contracting Corners
By the end of 2018, body cameras will be standard issue for every patrol officer in the city.
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US Shut Haitians Out Just Days Before Hurricane Hit Their Homeland
The future is uncertain for thousands of Haitians displaced by the 2010 earthquake and shut out under a new US policy.
Ecuador’s Legal Battle With Chevron Foreshadows Global Corporate Coup D’état
Agreements like the TPP allow corporations to turn the world's natural resources into profit at any human cost.
Trump’s Threat to the First Amendment
The National Press Club Institute of Journalism considers the damage the GOP nominee might do.