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Mother Nature’s Invisible Hand Strikes Back Against the Carbon Economy
The invisible hand of Mother Nature is just now beginning to settle accounts with the capitalist business model.
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2016 Will Be a Test for Super PACs
Sanders and Trump have one distinctive thing in common: they have no Super PACs propping up their candidacies.
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Health Is Where the Home Is
It's not hard to understand the devastating health consequences of homelessness.
Eating the Fossil Fuel Elephant, One Bite at a Time
If the fossil fuel industry's costs far exceeded profits, oil, coal and gas would surely be left in the ground.
The Right-to-Work Movement’s Attack on Women Workers
The right-to-work movement's persistent attack on public sector collective bargaining is an attack on women's economic security.
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2015 Wildfires Burned a Record-Breaking 10.1 Million Acres
Fires in Alaska help to smash 2006 record.
Canadian Mining Companies Leave Behind Decades of Violence in Guatemala
It's a legacy of shame.
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The Billions Made by Lawyers When Multinationals Put Countries in the Dock
Today 159 countries have signed up one commercial arbitration tribunal convention and the number of cases filed has rocketed in recent years.
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The Religious Right’s Hijacking of “Religious Freedom“
For the religious right, “religious freedom” has become a major tool in the never-ending culture wars.
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Obama Builds a Legacy: Deporting Women and Children to Death
In his last address to Congress, the US president barely mentioned immigration, showing he's now content to enforce the status quo.