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Towns Can Ban Fracking, Says New York Supreme Court
Individual fracking bans alone are not enough to protect communities.
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Harris v. Quinn: Separate, and Not Equal
The extreme right-wing and its big business backers have put both the government and unions together in the bull's eye.
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Will San Francisco Achieve Its Goal of Zero Waste by 2020?
In 2002, San Francisco made a promise that it intends to keep: by 2020 the city will eliminate all waste that is neither recycled nor composted.
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More Than Rumors Drive Central American Youths Toward US
The Obama administration says it detained more than 50,000 unaccompanied minors trying to cross the border in the first half of this year.
The Risk of a Ukraine Bloodbath
Pressured by neocons and the mainstream U.S. media, the Obama administration is charting a dangerous course by seeking a military solution to Ukraine's political crisis.
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Do the Poor “Have It Easy?” Most Republicans Say Yes, They Do
For many conservatives, every cent is a handout that came straight out of their pocket, hurting them.
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The Loneliness of Anti-Imperialist Fighters
Nights are the worst. Because that is when it all hits you and, no matter whose fault it is, you feel concerned, guilty and often extremely frustrated.
Not a Good Day to Be a Woman or a Public Employee
Let's celebrate our freedom to be serfs!
Shouldn’t We Pay Nannies and People Who Care for Our Parents a Living Wage?
A recent US Supreme Court ruling weakening the unions of state-funded workers limits the ability of many domestic workers who care for our most vulnerable to win higher pay, …
The Future Is Now: Zapatista Memories of the Future
The Zapatistas have not only articulated a vision of the future outside of neoliberal disposability, but they are living that future reality now.