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A Honduran Paradise That Doesn’t Want to Anger the Sea Again
At the mouth of the Aguan river on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, a Garifuna community living in a natural paradise that was devastated 15 years ago by Hurricane …
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Drugmakers Agree to US Ban on Livestock Antibiotics
Pharmaceutical companies have overwhelmingly agreed to new US government guidelines aimed at decreasing the use of antibiotics in the raising of livestock, new data shows.
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Chile Derails “Monsanto Law” That Would Privatize Seeds
This month, rural women, indigenous communities, and farmers in Chile found themselves on the winning end of a long-fought battle against a bill that had come to be known …
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Racializing Lung Function
Lundy Braun's “Breathing Race into the Machine” traces the peculiar history of how 19th century research on lung capacity laid the foundation for a “scientific” framing of racial difference …
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More Proof Corporate Tax Cuts Have Done More Harm Than Good
The taxes paid by corporations today are near record lows as a percentage of the United States' total tax bill, even as they are recording massive profits.
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A Tortured Twist on Ethics
Why isn't the American Psychological Association pursuing ethics charges against psychologist John Leso for abuses he helped carry out at the Guantanamo prison?
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Executions on the Upswing Globally
Anti-terrorism measures in Iraq and hardline drug polices in Iran accounted for more than half of all reported government-sanctioned killings in 2013.
Turning the Tide: Inside a Texas City’s Struggle To Stop Deportations
As early as 2011, activists in some key cities had begun turning the tide against the Secure Communities program.
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Reviewing “The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism“
Barking dogs and sinking ships: Journalism's search for metaphor and meaning.
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Brown Is the New Black
Fashions come and go. And this year, across the broad swath of Eurasia, fascism is in.