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Militarization of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Harms Indigenous Communities
Much has changed in the 20 years since the Cayos Cochinos were declared a protected area.
Study Confirms US Is Ruled by Rich, Corporate News Ignores It
American democracy is no longer very democratic, according to a new university study.
The Three-War Doctrine
Depending on what happens in the mid-terms and more importantly the next presidential elections in 2016, we might be looking at yet another effort to drive a stake through …
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Pesticide Industry Uses Big Tobacco Playback to Explain Why Bees Are Dying Off
America's bee population is taking a pounding, with initial reports indicating greater losses of hives this winter than the last.
Meet North Carolina’s Revolutionary Register of Deeds
Mark Chilton, the newly elected register of deeds in Orange County, NC, campaigned on a promise to defy state law by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Sentenced to Wait: Efforts to End Prison Rape Stall Again
Texas prison inmates report being raped at some of the highest rates in the country, and the problem only seems to be worsening.
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Better than Redistributing Income
Distributing income more equally from the start would avoid the insecurity, social divisiveness and wasted resources of income redistribution.
Will the Next Labor Movement Come from the South?
Saket Soni of the National Guestworker Alliance talks about how guest workers in New Orleans are re-envisioning possibilities for better working conditions and economic democracy.
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Militarized Humanitarianism in Africa
As the world remains transfixed by the kidnapping of almost 300 Nigerian girls, there have been increasing calls for international intervention in the effort to rescue them. But what …
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The Tragedy of the Soma Mine Workers
At this point, the death toll in the Soma mining accident has already reached 245, with reports of another 100 workers remaining in the mine, yet unreached.