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What Small Farms Need to Compete With Corporate Food
Most small farms have to follow the same rules as big corporate ones. In Maine, flexible food ordinances have increased the number of small farmers.
Smearing Three Dead Teenagers
Three Black teenagers are dead in Florida — and the authorities are trying to blame them for their own deaths.
This Could Be the Death of the Fossil Fuel Industry — Will the Rest of the Economy Go With It?
In just two decades, the total value of the energy being produced via fossil fuel extraction has plummeted by more than half.
The War on Drugs Failed, So Why Isn’t It Over?
Why are politicians so far behind, even as calls for legalization go mainstream?
Scalia’s Dead Hand Grips “Systemic Risk” Regulators
A ruling against federal regulators has financial giants rushing to appeal their too-big-to-fail designation.
Members of Congress Call for End to Mass Voter Suppression and Insecure Elections
Nine representatives are calling for secure voting technologies and laws that protect voters from being disenfranchised.
The Pragmatic Impacts of Bernie Sanders’ Big Dreams
Bernie Sanders' pledge to make the country more equitable and sustainable is more realistic than some people are letting on.
Will Pennsylvania Cut Oil and Gas Air Pollution?
Earthworks released a video that clearly demonstrates why stronger protections against oil and gas air pollution are needed.
Inside Colombia’s “Guantánamo Bay”: A Human Rights Nightmare
La Tramacua u00adis a place so renown for its human rights abuses that it has been dubbed “the Guantanamo of Colombia.”
Missouri Legislators Cite Right-Wing Media Myth as They Defund Planned Parenthood
Anti-choice legislators reject $8.3 million and opt to pay out of pocket to attack Planned Parenthood.