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Deregulation Taskforce Targeted Building Standards Before Grenfell Tower Blaze
A government-backed initiative to cut “red tape” after Brexit was looking to reduce the “burden” of EU building regulations.
One Family’s Bold Stand to Block Construction of a New Pipeline
In central Pennsylvania Ellen Gerhart's property lies about midway along the length of the Mariner East 2 pipeline.
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UN Warns Human-Caused Soil Contamination Threatens Global Food Security
Soils are polluted due mostly to human activities that leave excess chemicals in soils used to grow food, the UN reports.
Single-Payer Fight Moves to Massachusetts
Massachusetts was first to legalize gay marriage; will it also be first to introduce single-payer health care?
Qatar Dust-Up Prompts Senator Corker to Restrict Future US Arms Deals
Future weapons sales to Persian Gulf coast countries will face more restrictions.
Women in California’s Largest Immigrant Prison Hold Hunger Strike
This month, 33 women incarcerated by ICE in California's Adelanto Detention Facility launched a hunger strike.
A World of Winless War: US Special Ops Forces Deployed to 137 Nations in 2017
During this first half-year of the Trump administration, US commandos have already been sent to 137 countries.
Climate Destabilization Is Causing Thousands of New Species Migrations: Plant, Animal, Insect, Bird
A spate of new research studies has confirmed a disturbing pattern.
Myths of Job-Killing Robots Obscure Real Causes of Inequality
The data is clear: Insofar as people are seeing job opportunities disappear, it is due to factors other than robots.
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Prison Rips Babies From the Arms of Their Mothers: A View From Behind Bars
Children are the “collateral damage” of a system obsessed with punishing rather than supporting mothers.