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Tribute to Jorge Risquet: Farewell to a Brother
“Jorge Risquet was like the brother I never had.”
After the Frack: Hydraulic Fracturing’s Intense Thirst
Water withdrawals and siltation create havoc on aquatic ecosystems.
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How to Fix Environmental Woes in Buenos Aires Shantytown
As soon as you enter Villa Inflamable you taste and feel chemicals and dust particles in your throat, saliva and lungs.
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Report Exposes For-Profit College Abuses in Converting to Nonprofits
The struggle is far from over to make higher education a place where student and taxpayer interests are placed at the forefront.
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The Families of Missing Migrants and Refugees May Never Know Their Fates
As it stands, the states of Europe have consistently failed to provide such answers.
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These Salvadoran Women Went to Prison for Suffering Miscarriages
In a country with strict anti-abortion laws, spontaneous pregnancy losses can mean decades behind bars.
Whole Foods Co-opts Revolutionary Rhetoric but Mistreats Employees
Workers aren't buying the brand of social change that Whole Foods is selling.
North Carolina Imposes New Taxes on Car and Appliance Repairs to Fund New Tax Cuts for the Rich
Fresh shots have been fired in North Carolina's Republican-led class war.
Do the Democrats Offer a Progressive Choice for President?
If included in the presidential debates, Green Party candidate Jill Stein could push other candidates to the left on foreign policy.
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One Man’s Mission: Justice for Iraq
Bert Sacks has been seeking justice for Iraq since the 1990s. Nothing the US government has thrown at him thus far has slowed him down.