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Is Our Drinking Water Safe? The EPA’s Decision to Not Limit or Monitor Levels of Toxic Pesticide and Industrial Waste in Our Drinking Water
Every five years the EPA must make a determination whether or not to regulate at least five contaminants.
Non-Lethal Weapons Cause Severe Injuries at Standing Rock
Much of the worst damage was only reversible thanks to the hard work of medical volunteers.
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How Indigenous Activists in Norway Got the First Bank to Pull Out of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Indigenous Sami activists in Norway and Americans of Sami descent forced the first bank to divest from the Dakota Access pipeline. This is how they did it.
Climate Finance for Farmers Is Key to Averting 1 Billion Hungry
When climate change is added to the food security equation, local solutions become more complex.
Dispatch From Nepal: The Disaster Didn’t End When the Earth Stopped Shaking
The earthquakes that struck Nepal in 2015 are just one ingredient in a toxic brew of suffering.
US Retirement Funds Contribute to Deforestation and Climate Change
As of June 2016, US mutual funds had a net investment of more than $5 billion in palm oil producers.
Trump’s Adviser on Wall Street Regulations Is a Longtime Swamp-Dweller
Trump's transition adviser for financial regulations works for a firm that is emblematic of the Washington revolving door.
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The Rise of Administrator-Led Cheating: A Battle Over School Control in Pasadena and Beyond
Administrator-led cheating has been plaguing public schools around the country since federal policies shifted to put greater significance on standardized testing.
These Professors Make More Than a Thousand Bucks an Hour Peddling Mega-Mergers
The economists are leveraging their academic prestige with secret reports justifying corporate concentration.
It Costs New York City Taxpayers $1 Million a Day to Protect Tax Dodger Donald Trump
The irony is unbearable.