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Empire Files: Buying a Slave — the Hidden World of US-Philippines Trafficking
In the United States, tens of thousands are trafficked annually — the biggest clients being major hotel chains and foreign diplomats.
Indigenous Alliance Launches Divestment Campaign Against US and Canadian Pipelines
An Indigenous-led campaign to defund banks funding five US and Canadian pipeline projects is having a ripple effect.
Trump Administration Says It Isn’t Anti-Science as It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office
The Office of Research and Development has been at the front lines of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.
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New Study Finds “More Sweatshops Than Starbucks” in Chicago
“Employers know they can get away with abuse.”
Shell in Deal With Top University to Influence Its Curriculum
Shell has a contractual agreement with a major Dutch university, allowing it to influence curriculum and “the profile of its students.”
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War in Afghanistan Is Killing Children in Record Numbers in 2017
2016 was the deadliest year for Afghan children and 2017 threatens to be worse with a 21 percent increase in deaths.
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Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents
If FCC chairman Ajit Pai's plan is enacted, there would be nothing preventing Comcast from simply blocking sites that are critical of their corporate policies.
Lawsuit Targets Potential Cancer Threat in the South’s Farming Communities
Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, is widely used on cropland across the South.
Massachusetts Let Spectra Energy Secretly Edit Its Pollution Permit in Atlantic Bridge Gas Project
This privilege of reviewing and editing the draft approval was granted exclusively to Spectra and not to the general public.
In the Face of Trump’s Surveillance Threats, Local Movements Demand Disclosure of Police Technologies
Local and state governments across the U.S. are demanding transparency in police use of surveillance technology.