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Conflict With Local Communities Hits Mining and Oil Companies Where It Hurts
Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year.
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Portland Is First US City to Divest Funds From Walmart
The initiative also prohibits the city from purchasing Walmart bonds in the future.
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Pesticide Industry Uses Big Tobacco Playback to Explain Why Bees Are Dying Off
America's bee population is taking a pounding, with initial reports indicating greater losses of hives this winter than the last.
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Sentenced to Wait: Efforts to End Prison Rape Stall Again
Texas prison inmates report being raped at some of the highest rates in the country, and the problem only seems to be worsening.
The Cops Killed Her Son; That Did Not Stop Her
Juanita Young talks about the death of her son, Malcolm Ferguson, a 23-year old man murdered by NYPD officer Louis Rivera.
Why Democrats Are Paying Attention to Piketty’s Book on Inequality
The increasing popularity of French economist Thomas Piketty's book points to how Democrats hope to make inequality a political issue in November elections.
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Beyond Marriage: Advocates Call on Obama Administration to Combat LGBTQ Criminalization
Despite the media hype, marriage equality is not the top issue on every agenda in the LGBTQ world.
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Why Do Police Unions in New York Want to Repeal the End Discriminatory Profiling Act?
Unknown to many, the NYPD was already “banned” from racial profiling by an obscure municipal provision called Introductory Number 142-B.
The National Restaurant Association Spends Big to Keep Wages Low
A majority of the Senate voted to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour recently, yet the bill failed to clear the 60 vote hurdle necessary for passage, …
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Myanmar Wakes Up to Climate Change
Between 2008 and 2013, when Myanmar remained largely closed off to the rest of the world, it suffered a terrible toll at the hands of nature that remained largely …