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Bankruptcy Is a “Huge Opportunity” to Privatize Schools Says EdBuild
It's no joke for the children, families and educators.
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State Department Urged to Press FDA to Curb Mercury Dental Fillings
An international treaty is calling for scaling back the use of dental fillings containing highly toxic mercury.
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For These Borrowers and Lenders, Debt Is a Relationship Based on Love
There could be a different financial system, one where debt allows us to honor our freedom rather than our servitude.
Pacific Island Calls for Global Ban on New Coal Mines
Technology advances could give momentum to the move away from coal.
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EPA Plans More Aggressive Civil Rights Reviews
Stung by criticism that it doesn't properly investigate discrimination claims, the agency promises reforms.
Think Students Can’t Declare Bankruptcy? Think Again
Bankruptcy is supposed to give debtors a fresh start - unless they're struggling with student loans.
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Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail
In Alabama, anti-drug fervor and abortion politics have turned a meth-lab law into the country's harshest weapon against pregnant women.
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Campaign for a “Worker Bill of Rights” Puts ALEC in Spokane’s Crosshairs
Activists in Spokane, Washington, are campaigning to place community and workers' rights over corporate rights.
Noam Chomsky on George Orwell, the Suppression of Ideas and the Myth of American Exceptionalism
Chomsky spoke before a sold-out audience of nearly 1,000 people at The New School's John L. Tishman Auditorium in New York City.
Pope Francis in the USA: Calling for Revolution of Tenderness, Pope Touches Down in Richest Nation
Francis will make history, becoming the first pope to address a joint session of Congress.