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A More Relevant and Radical Democratic Platform? Bernie Sanders Brings Long-Time Activists to the Table
Sanders picks some heavy-hitting social movement leaders for the Democratic National Committee.
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Alabama Mom’s Charges Are Dropped, but Only After an Arduous Battle
It took 16 months and thousands of dollars, but prosecutors have dismissed the case against Katie Darovitz.
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FBI Wants to Remove Privacy Protections From Its Massive Biometrics Database
The FBI is giving you only 21 business days to object to such exemptions.
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The Women Who Are Taking on Walmart
Simply put, what Walmart does matters.
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Dahr Jamail | When Whales Cannot Hear: Ocean Noise Doubling Every 10 Years
The amount of sound humans are injecting into the oceans is so intense and frequent that it is killing whales.
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Introducing America Rising Squared: US Republicans’ “Creepy” New Assault on Climate Action
AR2 has launched a new website, Core News, to push its partisan talking points into the public space.
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Climate Justice From the Ground Up: Six Ballot Initiatives to Watch in 2016
We need economically just means of healing our planet.
The Foreign Policies of Sanders, Trump and Clinton: The US and the World in 2016 and Beyond
The aspirations of the millions who have rallied to Sanders point towards a revolutionary foreign policy.
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Baby Boxes Cut Infant Mortality in Finland; US Cities Give Them a Try
Five reasons baby boxes are more than cutesy cardboard containers, from offering a safe place to sleep to giving an equal start in life.
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Job Growth Plunges in May
The Labor Department reported that the economy created just 38,000 new jobs in May.