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Coal’s Black Wind: Pregnant Women in Parts of India Advised to Stay Away
In its bid to industrialize, India relies heavily on energy from coal.
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Obama: Don’t Sell Out the United States’ Women
The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad news for workers and worse news for women.
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With Election Over, First Order of Business Is $450 Billion Corporate Tax Break
The first order of business after the election is to give big tax breaks to the corporations.
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Soy: Industry’s Miracle Bean in Brazil
The industrial cultivation of soy in Brazil results in deforestation and the expulsion of small-scale farmers from their land.
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Our Daily Poison: How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain
Marie-Monique Robin ferrets out the origins of the modern chemical industry.
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Racism and the Charter School Movement: Unveiling the Myths
Schools should be grounded upon cultural inclusiveness, social justice and economic democracy, not profit potential.
Health Insurers Fight Republican Efforts to Repeal Affordable Care Act
Most observers feel the Republican lawsuit targeting the Affordable Care Act has little chance of moving forward, but itu2019s just the latest in a long line of trying to …
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Cultivating Climate Justice From the Front Lines of the Crisis
Following Typhoon Haiyan, survivors in impacted communities in the Philippines came together in a deep expression of solidarity to help each other rebuild their homes and lives.
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Katharine Gun’s Risky Truth-Telling
Truth-telling can be a dangerous undertaking, especially when done by government insiders trying to expose wrongdoing connected to war-making.
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Monsters’ Ball on Capitol Hill: A Tale of Congress, Tsunamis and Circuses
Far more than merely just a few elected officials have ceaselessly covered the flanks of the Christian fundamentalist forces that are actively commandeering our US military.