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Potent Pesticide Still Used at Levels That Defy Scientists’ Warnings
Residents in farming counties are being put at a higher risk of cancer.
California Senate Passes Bill Banning New Offshore Drilling
SB 788, a bill to ban new offshore drilling, passed off the Senate floor.
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Families of Police Violence Victims Face Trauma Without Support
Truthout spoke with relatives of murdered Black men, who described feeling angry and isolated, their lives left in tatters.
Charging Prisoners Perpetuates Mass Incarceration
As a result of these runaway costs, counties and states continue to struggle with ways to increase revenue to pay for exorbitant incarceration bills.
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Latin America: Women in Resistance and Resilience
What does it mean for women to fight back?
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How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes
Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures.
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How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty
The retail industry will keep expanding as a pillar of the low-wage economy.
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Santorum Thinks Welfare Causes Domestic Violence and Other GOP Presidential News
Santorum's comments come through a massive vacuum of misunderstanding domestic violence.
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How This Library Paid $1 to Install Its Solar Panels
In West Virginia, Solar Holler helps non-profits install solar panels for less than the price of a cup of coffee.
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The Gambit to Free Chelsea Manning
Manning's lawyers expect to have a hearing before the US Army Criminal Court of Appeals sometime this year.