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Climate Change Could Alter the Chemistry of Deepwater Lakes and Harm Ecosystems
Future climate change scenarios will significantly alter natural mixing processes, creating the condition termed “climatic eutrophication.”
Dominating the Skies — and Losing the Wars: Air Supremacy Isn’t What It Used to Be
By providing an illusion of results, air power has helped keep the US in unwinnable wars.
The Economic Barriers to Abortion Access That Conservatives Don’t Want to Talk About
HB 2 restrictions are based on medically inaccurate information and limit marginalized communities' access to abortion.
The War on Workers’ Compensation
As labor has weakened and Republicans have won control of more statehouses, states have slowly chipped away at workers' compensation benefits.
Smartphone Users Are Paying for Their Own Surveillance
The more adamantly vendors offer assurances about protection, the more skeptical people should become.
Nearly 20,000 Domestic Workers Are About to Get Fair Wages. How’d They Do That?
Left out by traditional unions, women-led domestic workers are winning fights for minimum wage and overtime across the country.
Another Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Reentry and Privatization
In the Koch world of free market fundamentalism, there is always a way for corporations (and academics) to get a piece of pie.
The Truth About For-Profit Colleges and Trump University
While there are some parallels, Trump University is not representative of for-profit higher education.
The 1% Have Always Ruled the United States
Sadly overlooked in the political debate about the current state of inequality is that it is not new.
The Killing Fields: Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines
Activists and their criticisms have been met by the government head-on with no less than bullets and blood.