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ANR Pipeline: Introducing TransCanada’s Keystone XL for Fracking
Another TransCanada-proposed pipeline with a similar function as Keystone XL is flying under the public radar, but this pipeline would bring to market shale gas obtained via fracking.
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Tiny House Living, Off the Grid? Here’s How to Do It in Style
A growing movement of tiny housers and tiny house villages is taking the simplicity, sustainability and freedom of tiny houses to the next level by building their tiny homes …
Are Police Officers’ Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability?
Questions remain about whether body-worn cameras will curb police violence.
Wisconsin Had Best-Run Elections in US, So Republicans Fixed ‘Em
Wisconsin has high rates of participation, short lines and no problem with fraud, yet Republicans have remained uniquely fixated on enacting sweeping changes to how the state's elections are …
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Indigenous Leaders Targeted in Battle to Protect Forests
Indigenous leaders are warning of increased violence in the fight to save their dwindling forests and ecosystems from extractive companies.
A Better Yardstick for Measuring Inequality
If we measure inequality with a yardstick that only wonks can decipher, weu2019ll end up with a society too confused to do anything meaningful about it.
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Social Movement and Electoral Movements, Not One or the Other
Both social movements and electoral movements are imperative for nonviolent social change and should work together, says Green Party member Michael Trudeau.
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Rigging the Electoral System for the Rich
Americans believe, correctly, that the system is rigged for the rich.
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Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own Rules?
Although his landmark book is now nearly 45 years old, the principles that emerged from Alinsky's work have influenced every generation of community organizers since.
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Abe’s NSA? The Japanese Government Embraces Secrecy
In an effort to please the United States, Japan's Parliament made NSA-like provisions law.