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Prison Phone Companies Seek New Revenue Source in Electronic Messaging
Prison phone companies are turning to a restricted form of email to turn a profit after the FCC capped exorbitant phone rates.
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The Refugees of Flint’s Water Crisis
While undocumented immigrants are often wary of interaction with authorities, a new wave of political terror is converging with public health catastrophe.
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Dahr Jamail | Radioactive Water From Fukushima Is Leaking Into the Pacific
Nearly five years on, the environmental disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to unfold.
Opponents of GMO Labeling Could Face Tough Penalties in Dark Money Case
Washington State has accused a trade organization of illegally funneling millions of dollars to GMO labeling opponents.
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Environmental Justice: What the Candidates Missed in Flint – and the Rest of the Country
Presidential candidates have commented on Flint's contaminated water crisis, but less so on systemic environmental racism.
EPA Mulls Ban on Nation’s Most Heavily Used Insecticide
Numerous studies have shown that chlorpyrifos causes serious harm to children and farmworkers.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Doctors Are Organizing Against Corporatized Medicine, and More
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Fossil Fuel Spill Tracker 2015: A Map of Environmental Disasters
An explosion in North American fossil fuel extraction has led to a dangerous rise in pipeline spills and oil train derailments.
North Carolina Town Shows Political Cost of Backing Big Oil
Kure Beach shows that elected leaders could face consequences for ignoring opposition to offshore drilling in coastal communities.
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How the Homeless Population Is Changing: It’s Older and Sicker
As a society, we face the specter of older adults dying on the streets.