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Africa Pays the Price of Low Harvests Thanks to Costly Fertilisers
Africa is paying the price of low productivity because of limited use of commercial fertilizers by smallholder farmers who produce the bulk of the continent's food.
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Fact-Checking Feinstein on the Assault Weapons Ban
The senator says “the evidence is clear: the ban worked.” Except there's no evidence it saved lives.
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For Oil and Gas Companies, Rigging Seems to Involve Wages, Too
US Department of Labor investigations have uncovered hundreds of cases in which oil and gas workers, many involved in dangerous jobs, are being cheated of earnings.
The Book of Trans-Genesis: Protecting the World’s Seeds
At the recent international Biosafety Alliance conference in Portland, Oregon, educators, attorneys, human rights activists and organic farmers contrasted the apocalyptic consequences of genetically modified crop cultivation and people's …
Policing for Wealth
When proponents claim that the broken windows policing strategy reduces crime, they overlook that it has marshaled state power for a very unfair model of urban development in every …
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Naomi Klein: We Must Demand the Impossible to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
Naomi Klein's new book resets the debate over global warming by focusing on how it is integrally related to the current economic system that spans the globe.
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Some Arguments Deserve to Be Uncivil
Demands for civility almost always come from people who have forfeited their right to the respect they demand.
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The First Annual New York City Conference on Worker Cooperatives
Cooperators and activists come together to discuss how to grow a worker co-op sector in NYC
“Therapeutic Abortion” Could Soon Be Legal in Chile
Chile, one of the most conservative countries in Latin America, is getting ready for an unprecedented debate on the legalization of therapeutic abortion.
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Financial Relief Finally Coming for Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Victims
The VA announced it will cover health care costs for Marine dependents who contracted cancer and other illnesses from toxic water at Camp Lejeune, as promised two years ago.