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How Junk Food May Kill More People Than All Wars And Famine Combined
Junk food programs your brain to eat more junk.
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To Save Family Farms From Corporate Buyout, Retiring Farmers Connect With a New Generation
In the next 20 years, many American family farmers are likely to retire - putting enormous amounts of land on the market. Here's how they're connecting with young farmers …
Pentagon Funds New Data-Mining Tools to Track and Kill Activists
Drones are now being used on US soil by the FBI, Secret Service, Texas Rangers and some local police forces.
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Mass Deportations Don’t Squelch Hondurans’ Migration Dreams
“Going to the United States is my dream, and I'll do it even if I die in the attempt.”
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Surviving the Ups and Downs of Social Movements
Social movement activists are notoriously poor at celebrating their victories.
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MS Breakthrough: Switching Off Aggressive Cells Stops Body From Attacking Itself
There are a wide range of strategies for treating people who have autoimmune diseases. Unfortunately, none can cure the diseases.
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How Not to Win Hearts and Minds in Africa: Hushed Pentagon Investigation Slaps US African Command’s Humanitarian Activities
In Africa, a war zone about which most Americans are completely unaware, the writing is already on the wall.
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Dahr Jamail | From Pine Beetles to Disappearing Glaciers, NASA Scientists Tell of “Dramatic” Planetary Changes
In addition to droughts and floods, anthropogenic climate disturbances scientists and astronauts can see from space include fires, insect outbreaks and more direct human impacts.
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Surprise! GOP Lawmakers Investigating EPA and Climate Advocates Backed by Big Coal
Congressional Republicans are on the offensive against the Environmental Protection Agency after launching a probe into alleged “collusion.”
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Obama Strategy to Beat Islamic State Likely to Draw US Into Years of Conflict
The nascent strategy calls for working with European and Arab allies to confront the group not only in Iraq, but also in Syria.