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Obama Will Seek Citizenship Path in One Big Immigration Overhaul
Bill would include path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented and nationwide e-verify.
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Zero Waste: Including Grassroots Recyclers in Buenos Aires, Argentina
The story of waste management in Buenos Aires illustrates how cartoneros, or grassroots recyclers, have won legal and financial support from the city government.
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Colonialism and the Green Economy: Villagers Defy Pressure to Forfeit Farms for Carbon-Offset
While societies in the Global North continue to seek offsets for their carbon footprint, one Chiapas village in Mexico refuses to be forced to change its way of life …
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Reform Advocates Celebrate “Supermax” Tamms Prison Closing
Tamms Prison in Illinois, which helped spur a nationwide movement against
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How Anonymous Hacking Exposed Steubenville High School Rape Case
Social media has leaked horrific details of the case, inspiring a call for increased accountability.
US Interference Spoiling Yemen’s Revolution
US influence is not responsible for all of Yemen's political dilemmas, but the sheer gravity of America's counterterrorism is warping Yemen's political and military reforms.
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Ten Things Science Taught Us About Happiness in 2012
Last year's most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings on the science of living a meaningful life.
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The US Coal Industry Wants to Boost Exports to Asia – Native American Tribes Stand in the Way
If the energy industry's plans for massive coal and natural gas exports go through, the US could become a major energy exporter.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Another School Shooting in America, and More
In today's On the News segment: A California school shooting happened at exactly the same time television networks were covering Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks about gun control; the …
Obama to Accelerate Handover to Afghan Army
Washington may draw down its remaining 66,000-troop force in Afghanistan more quickly than previously planned.