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Millennials Occupy TransCanada Offices Across the US
Solidarity actions took place in Texas, Michigan, Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New York.
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Hot Enough for You?
We see what looks like disaster looming but don't even talk about it, because the politics of climate change are inconvenient.
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Corporations Spread the Flu
The US is the only developed nation in the entire world that doesn't guarantee paid sick leave to its workers.
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Ten Things Science Taught Us About Happiness in 2012
Last year's most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings on the science of living a meaningful life.
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The US Coal Industry Wants to Boost Exports to Asia – Native American Tribes Stand in the Way
If the energy industry's plans for massive coal and natural gas exports go through, the US could become a major energy exporter.
Obama to Accelerate Handover to Afghan Army
Washington may draw down its remaining 66,000-troop force in Afghanistan more quickly than previously planned.
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Guns Sales Soar in US as Nation Weighs Tougher Limits
The possibility that the federal assault weapons ban might be reinstated spurred sales of semiautomatic rifles with military-style features.
The Problem With Charity: Water
No one really knows how many more people have water due to charity: water's well-building efforts. Nor can anyone guarantee that's all that charity: water does.
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The Users of the University
For decades, parents, politicians, and business titans have tried to convince us that the best majors and the most lucrative majors are one and the same.
Ethiopian Dam Threatens to Turn Lake Turkana into “East Africa’s Aral Sea”
New paper documents impending threat to regional peace and security in volatile Horn of Africa.