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Oil-by-Rail Industry in North America Begins 2014 with Another Spectacular Crash
Seven cars in a 152-car coal train derailed in the center of the Vancouver region on Jan. 11.
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Why Cory Booker Is Trying to Deep-Six Obama’s Historic Efforts at Peacemaking with Iran
The newly minted New Jersey senator has joined forces with the countryu2019s most reactionary forces in foreign policy.
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Anatomy of an Obamacare “Horror Story“
Texas daily went digging for victims of the ACA and Surprise! Reporter unearthed three Tea Partiers who hate the new law.
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Moral Monday Movement Spreads Through the South
At the same time North Carolina's Moral Monday movement is inspiring progressive activists in other states, its leaders have announced plans to continue the fight at home.
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Under Pressure, Whole Foods Agrees to Stop Selling Produce Grown in Sewage Sludge
This month, Whole Foods Market spokesperson Kate Lowery confirmed to CMD that the new standards will eventually prohibit the use of “biosolids.”
Infrastructure 101: The Evolution of Building Big Things – Part 2: Adverse Events and Privatization Consultants
Language in boilerplate contracts and the advice of advisers with conflicts of interest often serve to favor privatization of public services, such as highway construction, which can cost taxpayers …
Beyond Growth or Beyond Capitalism?
We can save capitalism or save human civilization. There is no possible future that contains both.
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Robert Reich: US Leads the Developed Nations and Many Third World Nations in Income Inequality
“Inequality for All” explains how the United States came to be a nation that is distinguished by its concentration of wealth in the top 10%, with much of our …
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Love in a Time of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol
Cheyenna Layne Weber: We must present those who would prefer to see us washed away as the terrorists and criminals they are, rather than as Chief Executive Officers worthy …
Win Today, Lose Tomorrow: Why Republicans Protect the “Honor” of Offensive Team Names
There may be no bigger headache for the team owner Dan Snyder than the matter of his franchise's name: the Redskins. It's offensive, and a growing number of activists …