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Vermonters Want To Try a New Way of Banking
Vermont is currently considering massive changes in the way it conducts banking by instituting a public bank of its own.
Dangerous Combo: Violence in Pregnancy and HIV in South Africa
An estimated one in four South African women experience intimate partner violence in the 12 months leading up to childbirth.
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Honduras: Indigenous Tolupanes Return to Their Territory With IACHR Orders of Protection
Numerous indigenous activists in Honduras have been killed with impunity by gunmen evidently in the pay of large landowners, and in a number of cases there has been evidence …
School Board Candidates Backed by Koch-Connected Nonprofit
The advertisement ran just less than a month before the race for school board in Douglas County, Colo. “Liberals are fighting school choice in Douglas County,” the announcer intoned. …
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In Historic Protest Israel’s Orthodox Break With Settler Right
Following the passing of a law proposal that will extend forced conscription to Jewish orthodox, half a million ascend on Jerusalem.
Noam Chomsky: From Hiroshima to Fukushima, Vietnam to Fallujah, State Power Ignores Its Massive Harm
Chomsky met with Fukushima survivors, including families who evacuated the area after the meltdown.
Study: Nuclear Reactors Are Toxic to Surrounding Areas, Especially With Age
Health in the communities surrounding the Diablo Canyon power plant declined dramatically after the plant was built.
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Pentagon Calls Climate Change Impacts “Threat Multipliers,” Could Enable Terrorism
The U.S. Department of Defense released a report declaring the threat of climate change impacts a very serious national security vulnerability that could enable further terrorist activity.
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Education Groups Battle Teachers Unions in State Races
Billionaire-backed groups spend big pushing charter schools and vouchers.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Environmental Protection Agency Has Some New Standards for Vehicle Emissions, and More
The Environmental Protection Agency has some new standards for vehicle emissions, and they could save some serious cash.