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Using Tires to Create an Artificial Reef in Florida Was a Really Bad Idea
Now there's a 35-acre landfill on the ocean floor. Instead of saving coral, the tires are damaging the natural reef.
A Crisis Worse Than ISIS? Bail-Ins Begin
Bank bail-ins have begun in Europe, and the infrastructure is in place in the US. Poverty also kills.
Jeh Johnson, Michael Nutter and Donald Trump – Peas in a Pod?
For all their fine words decrying Trump's outsized fear of Muslims, Nutter and Johnson are targeting another scapegoat group.
Was 2015 the Year Big Food Began to Lose Its Sway?
Coca-Cola and Monsanto were called out for conflicts of interest. In the new year, will transparency become the new normal?
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Brazil’s Federal Universities Approach Racial Quota Implementation Deadline
Would a broad admission application process lead to a more democratic higher education system?
Ten LGBTQ News Stories the Mainstream Media Ignored in 2015
Truthout recaps some of the LGBTQ stories the mainstream media missed, ignored or just plain got wrong in 2015.
Restorative Justice Gives Our Children Dignity in US Schools
It's time to implement restorative justice principles in all institutions serving US youth.
G7’s “New Alliance” Deal Is Failing Farmers in Africa
Schemes such as the G7's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition are about expanding industrial agriculture.
Global Opposition Is Mounting Against the Latest Environmental Abuse – Deep Sea Mining
The world's first-ever commercial deep sea mining project is due to start in under two years.
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US Deports Fewer People in 2015 – by Outsourcing to Mexico
The United States government is arresting and deporting fewer immigrants by paying others to do the dirty work instead.