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For Electric Power Generation, the End of Fossil Fuels is In Sight
Climate change is acting like an ever-tightening vise on our energy options. Each year that passes without dramatic decreases in our use of carbon-emitting fuels means the cuts we …
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Three “Blood” Items You Probably Have In Your House Right Now
They say that ignorance is bliss and never has that been truer than in the case of modern consumer products. It seems like the more we know about the …
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Reversing Rotten Supreme Court Decisions: A Choice of Two Solutions
"The tension between what he said at his confirmation hearing and what he is doing as a justice is a blow to Roberts's reputation for candor and a further …
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I’m a Mother, Not a Terrorist
If you walked by me on the street, if you noticed me at all, it would probably be due to how much I looked like your 4th grade teacher, …
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New York Fracking Decision Delayed by Cuomo Administration, Too Early to Pop Champagne Bottles
New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration announced it won't achieve the late-Feb. deadline it set to green light fracking in New York State.
What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?
While much has been said about gay rights and gun control, what has happened to the conversation about voting rights and race in this country.
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Do Companies Lay People off Because of Taxes or a Minimum Wage Rise?
Opponents of Obama's proposal to increase minimum wage are using job-scare to fight it.
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States Cut Prison Budgets but Not Prison Populations
State prisons play musical chairs with inmate populations and come up short.
The Bureau and the Journalist: Victor Riesel’s Secret Relationship With the FBI
The ghost of this arrangement lives on in the way right-wing media took aim at the Occupy movement.
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EU Steers Adult Ed Toward Training, Away From Learning
The EU Agenda for Adult Learning, conceived within the context of its master concept of Lifelong Learning, is all about employability and not much about