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Gettysburg Address: Government at the Expense of Some People
The sanctification of ground at Gettysburg, where 50,000 men were ruthlessly killed by a war machine, was a farce.
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Plutocrats’ Pay Off: Why Keystone Tops Agenda of New “Koch Congress”
Even if you are aware of the Koch brothers, here are a few facts rarely connected for Americans that drive today's big debates, the dimensions of which are different …
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Senate Narrowly Rejects Keystone XL Amidst Protests by Climate Activists
The Keystone XL pipeline is a political football in Washington, but activists say it would make a devastating contribution to climate change.
Public Citizen Calls on FEC to Close Absurd Corporate Loophole
Contractors now can both give contributions and receive contracts through separately incorporated divisions of same company.
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Oil Company VP/Ex-Halliburton Fracking Lobbyist Assaults EnviroNews Chief Outside Public Meeting
After EnviroNews Editor-in-Chief Emerson Urry began videotaping a conversation between Joe Morton, of Emmett, and industry attorney John Peiserich, the Vice President and general counsel of Alta Mesa Idaho, …
Talk Nation Radio: Maya Schenwar on Why Prison Doesn’t Work
Maya Schenwar is the author of “Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better.”
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G20 Climate Challenge Calls for a Rethink of Economics
The key problem of our time is the possibility of pursuing three goals simultaneously - ecological sustainability, economic development and a more equitable distribution of wealth within and among …
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Dramatic Correlation Shown Between GMOs and 22 Diseases
As use of GMO's crops glyphosate rise so do critical diseases.
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Texas Regulators Sidestep Connection Between Fracking Industry and Earthquakes
Seismic activity is not something the region is known for. It was only after deep injection disposal wells used to house fracking's toxic wastewater went into operation that the …
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Amending Colorado’s Constitution: Do Communities Have Right to Clean Air and Water?
The push to amend the Colorado Constitution grew out of attempts by municipalities to ban fracking in their communities but was expanded to include any laws that attempt to …