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New Yorkers Call Lyme Disease the New Plague
Celebrities like Howard Stern and Daryl Hall speak out, while Lyme patients crippled by the disease took to the streets in front of The New York Times, to call …
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Obama’s New Jobs Plan Helps Veterans and the Environment
The Obama administration has revealed a new jobs initiative that teaches Americans how to install solar energy panels. Better still, the initiative will specifically target veterans.
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Kochs, ALEC Threaten Campus Democracy at Florida State, US Universities
A battle has been raging at Florida State University to stop what student and faculty say is “[a] hostile political takeover of the presidential search process.”
Call to Close “Deplorable” Private Migrant Jail Made, as Expansion Planned
Immigrant justice groups are raising alarms about conditions in existing and planned migrant jails holding children.
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No Separate Justice Campaign Denounces Post-9/11 Abuses
Ten days before the anniversary of September 11, family members, activists and formerly incarcerated people gathered to bear witness to abuses under the banner “No Separate Justice.”
On the News With Thom Hartmann: World’s Largest Climate March Takes Over NYC, and More
In today's On the News segment: World's largest climate march takes over New York City, and more.
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Marijuana Decriminalization a Racial Justice Victory in Philadelphia
Combined, this year's series of national victories around marijuana decriminalization may look spontaneous, but they in fact speak to years of racial justice organizing and the cultural shift around …
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Giant Corporations Want to Control All of Your Beer
These kings of beer are riding the wave of craft brewing enthusiasm, buying up smaller breweries, and duping customers along the way.
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Uganda’s Youth Discover the Beauty in Farming
The new direction for Miss Uganda has raised some eyebrows.
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Occupy Offshoot Cancels $4 Million in Predatory Student Loans – and Starts a Debtors Union
“Rolling Jubilee is a fantastic way to punch through the illusion that you actually owe what the 1 percent thinks you owe,” said Thomas Gokey, a Rolling Jubilee co-founder …