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In Ohio, Communities Work to Defend Themselves Against Fossil Fuel Industry
Passing a law is one thing - building a movement to demand its enforcement is another.
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Indigenous Peoples of Ayutla, Dying of Neglect
In the indigenous region of Ayutla de los Libres, persecution against community leaders has intensified since 1998.
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United Nations Discovery of Secret Detention Center Revives Nightmares
The discovery has opened up old allegations of the existence of such camps.
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How Oil Lobbyists Won the Fight to Drill in the Alaskan Wilderness
How oil industry lobbyists played the long game - wearing down an overmatched federal bureaucracy to gain access to a fuel-rich corner of the Alaskan wilderness.
Coal Mining’s Financial Failures: Two Thirds of World’s Production Now Unprofitable
A wave of bankruptcies has swept the coal mining industry.
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Labor: 2015 in Review
As the assault on union standards continues, glimmers of hope in 2015 came from grassroots resistance.
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Holiday Melancholy in Bayou Corne, Louisiana, Home of Giant Sinkhole Caused by an Industrial Accident
Bayou Corne has joined the growing list of communities destroyed by industrial accidents.
If the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Dead, South Dakota Regulators Didn’t Get the Memo
TransCanada's pipeline is not as dead as some think, even after President Obama denied the presidential permit.
Ailing, Angry Nuclear-Weapons Workers Fight for Compensation
“Too often, workers die waiting” for help, one senator says.
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Biting the Hands That Feed: New York’s Immigrant Farmworkers Face Appalling Treatment
In the post-9/11 climate of fear and increased funding for immigration enforcement, once-sleepy border towns have become sites of mass detentions.