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Bush Family and Its Inner Circle Play Central Role in Lawsuits Against Denton, Texas Fracking Ban
The Bush oil and gas legacy lives on and stretches from the state where the fracking industry was born all the way to Iraq.
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If Journalists Ever Stop Uncovering Abuses of Power, We Will Lose Our Democracy
James Risen exposes more about the reality of greed, power and endless war in his new book.
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The Other Midterm Elections Result: Americans Want Legal Weed
The majority of Americans believe the ongoing enforcement of marijuana prohibition financially burdens taxpayers, encroaches upon civil liberties and disproportionately impacts communities of color.
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Deep Passion for the Land – in China
Ecological science confirms the science and wisdom of peasant farming.
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Is George W. Bush Responsible for the Death of Tomas Young?
Tomas Young's activism was moving and inspiring, the kind every American who calls themselves a patriot should aspire to.
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It Is Time to Be Defiant for the Immigrant Rights Movement
The newly-elected Congress will be even more dysfunctional than the current one.
Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check on US Government Forecasts for a Lasting Tight Oil and Shale Gas Boom
A worrisome reliance on the industry's point of view.
FACT Urges Congress to End Offshore Corporate Tax Dodging Via Extenders and Inversions
The Treasury Department announced new rules designed to stem the tide of inversions, and have been somewhat successful.
UN Scrutinizes Obama Administration’s Policies on Torture
IIn Geneva, a US delegation has appeared before the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
Landgrabs in Ethiopia Engineer Ethnic Conflict
The toll of Ethiopia's plantation development on the Suri people.