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The TPP Tries to Put a “No Exit” Sign on America’s Crapified Health Care System by Allowing Medical Procedures to be Patented World-wide
Hundreds of thousands of people increasingly look to medical tourism to exit the brutal and hideously expensive US health care rental extraction device system.
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The Rigged Housing Market
“There's no place like home” is supposed to be a figure of speech or a memorable line in a corny song. Instead it's just a fact of life for …
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The Devil—and the Lord—Is in the Details
Military personnel, particularly officers, surrender several Constitutional rights immediately upon becoming members of the armed forces.
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Crowd Control, Political Revolt and the Accumulation of More
Even the teleprompter must know that it is the beast in the belly of the news reports, more of them every day in print and en blog, about income …
Reporting on a World of Environmental Catastrophes – All in Just One Month
Record-setting droughts and ferocious storms; the poisoning of our food, air and water; the dying off of species; the unearthing and spread of superbugs and diseases; ever-growing piles of …
Vermont Bus Drivers Strike Over Dangerous Conditions
Municipal bus drivers in northern Vermont are striking today against unsafe conditions, surveillance and discipline, and part-time status, in a show of union solidarity that could prove a powerful …
Guatemala’s Praised Attorney General To Step Down Under Controversy
Guatemala's Constitutional Court - which vacated the genocide verdict against Josu00e9 Efrau00edn Ru00edos Montt last May -has now ruled that Guatemala's highly respected prosecutor general, Claudia Paz y Paz, …
Climate Disruption Dispatches, With Dahr Jamail
The reality of Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) continues to outstrip our ability to model worst-case scenarios, as it is happening so much faster than was ever anticipated. Sixty-three percent …
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Gimme Shelter
Howard Mansfield's "Dwelling in Possibility"' suggests that how we construct our dwellings makes a cosmic difference in the quality of our personal and communal lives.
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Indigenous Voices in Climate Activism: Autonomous or Subjugated?
The voices of First Nations, often key to environmental activism through land right battles, should not be subsumed by other activist groups, says Sara Santiago.