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For Oil and Gas Companies, Rigging Seems to Involve Wages, Too
US Department of Labor investigations have uncovered hundreds of cases in which oil and gas workers, many involved in dangerous jobs, are being cheated of earnings.
“Therapeutic Abortion” Could Soon Be Legal in Chile
Chile, one of the most conservative countries in Latin America, is getting ready for an unprecedented debate on the legalization of therapeutic abortion.
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Financial Relief Finally Coming for Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Victims
The VA announced it will cover health care costs for Marine dependents who contracted cancer and other illnesses from toxic water at Camp Lejeune, as promised two years ago.
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Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash
A confidential report and a fired examiner's hidden recorder penetrate the cloistered world of Wall Street's top regulator - and its history of deference to banks.
Ten-Day Village Building Convergence Rocks Small Town Sebastopol
A better world is possible.
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Five Arrested at White House in Antiwar Protest
A few dozen proponents of nonviolence demonstrated in front of the White House the morning after US-led airstrikes on targets in Syria.
“What’s Possible,” a New Film for World Leaders on the Urgency of Global Warming
More than 120 world leaders kicked off a one-day UN summit on climate change in New York City by viewing “What's Possible,” a short film on the urgency of …
Without a Truce in Syrian Civil War, US-Led Strikes Threaten More Chaos for World’s Worst Crisis
Pentagon officials are openly acknowledging that the military campaign in Syria and Iraq could take years to succeed.
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The Nasty, Scary World of Emerging Tick-Borne Disease
Lyme disease is bad enough. But it's just the beginning of a host of odd and ugly diseases ticks transmit, public health officials are finding.
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The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining – and the World Bank – Out of El Salvador
Hundreds of protesters recently gathered at the World Bank to shame a gold mining firm's shakedown of one of Central America's poorest countries.