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Will Colorado Become the First State to Implement Single-Payer Health Care?
Colorado citizens are about to put single-payer health care up to a vote on a 2016 statewide ballot referendum.
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Managing Addiction While Pregnant: Women Who’ve Been There Call for Harm Reduction
Women who've lived with addiction are offering support to pregnant drug users through harm reduction strategies.
Obama Cancels Plans for Oil Leases in the Arctic Ocean
The administration is abandoning plans in the face of dwindling industry interest and massive environmental opposition.
Prisoners’ Families Organize to Resist Incarceration and Its Costs
Increasingly, women relatives of prisoners are organizing to challenge high costs and fight the laws that fuel mass incarceration.
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How the World Bank Undermines Climate Change Efforts
The World Bank is undermining the cause it purports to champion.
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California Says “No” to Plastic Microbeads
A federal ban is the obvious next step in dealing with this serious health concern.
The Federal Agency Behind the Gross Expansion of Fracking Pipelines
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission calls itself an independent agency, but anti-fracking activists say it is anything but.
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In Face of Harsh Austerity, UK’s Hunger Crisis Sparks First Student-Led Food Bank
The number of people relying on emergency food aid at food banks is on the rise in the UK.
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Court Appeal Highlights Poland’s Role in CIA Torture Program
A Polish district court has rejected an appeal to investigate alleged abuses against Guantanamo prisoner Mustafa al-Hawsawi.
Inside Corporate America’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Compensation
One Texas lawyer is helping companies opt out of workers' compensation and write their own rules. What does it mean for injured workers?