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The Dangers of “Incestuous Amplification“
Even smart, flexible people can fall prey to incestuous amplification - when a closed group of people repeat the same things to each other.
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Selective Outrage and Public Health: There Are Greater Dangers Than Anti-Vaxxers
Outrage at the public health threat posed by anti-vaxxers is necessary, but we also need to scrutinize Big Pharma.
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Jewish Activists Plant Trees in Palestine, Uprooting Zionist Narratives
Jewish anti-occupation activists are repurposing the Zionist tradition of tree planting to show solidarity with Palestinians.
Russia’s PR Firm Boasted of Doubling Positive Media Coverage on GMOs, Snooping on Citizens
Ketchum's defense of GMOs appears to be longstanding.
Governor Brown Urged to Shut Down All Wells Injecting Into Protected Aquifers During State’s Massive Drought
Thousands of California oil wells violating Safe Drinking Water Act, documents show.
Citizens Mobilize to Resist Undemocratic Corporate Water Grabs
We must continue to organize in the United States around similar, pro-active democratic solutions, to prepare for a future increasingly defined by resource scarcity, and fundamentally threatened by the …
Nurses Condemn Illinois Governor’s Anti-Worker Executive Order – Warn of Major Threat to Public Safety
"Nurses will never be silent in the face of attacks on their rights to advocate for public health and safety, or their right to form unions and act collectively …
The Shift
Our society barely recognizes the futility of imprisoning people for onerously long sentences.
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Virginia Passes Bill to Rein in Restraints of School Kids
Many schools in the state still have no policies or rules around pinning kids down.
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Get Young People Involved to Reduce Chronic Disease
A youth advisory committee for the Department of Health and Human Services has the potential to reduce the costs of chronic disease for generations to come.