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A New Way Insurers Are Shifting Costs to the Sick
By charging higher prices for generic drugs that treat certain illness, health insurers may be violating the spirit of the Affordable Care Act, which bans discrimination against those with …
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Stanford’s Coal Divestment: Meet Two Students – and One President – Who Made It Happen
The movement to persuade schools to divest from fossil fuels has taken off around the country. Meet a few people who helped make it happen at Stanford.
Corruption, Clientelism and Censorship in Greece’s Media Landscape
Greece's media landscape has been marked by ever-declining freedoms of speech and the press.
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Is Modern Technology Killing Us?
An exploration of the social, cultural and environmental pitfalls of modern technology culminates in a proposed neo-Luddite framework for evaluating the risks and benefits of existing and emerging technologies.
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Climate Change You Can Believe In
Climate change deniers persist in telling us it just ain't so, like the tobacco industry claiming for decade after decade that nicotine wasn't addictive or that cigarettes couldn't kill …
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Airline Workers Win Big In Union Vote – In The South!
Passenger service agents at American Airlines on Tuesday voted to be represented by a union.
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Colombia Is Taking On Its Billionaires – Why Can’t We?
Let's take a page out of Colombia's playbook, stand up to the wealthy elite, and finally eliminate poverty in the US.
An Open Letter to Humanitarian Interventionists
Calls for US military action in Iraq and Syria in response to the tragic killings of westerners ignore the wider context of instability in the Middle East.
Combating Plagues
What are the creative alternatives to militarism and arms sales that won't merely create more extremists?
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Battle Continues Over Bayview Homeless Shelter
This sad childish bickering was revealed in the latest debate between the City and the opposition.