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Abuse and Fear of the Natural World
...Despite the value of the Holmes Run Creek, every so often and quite surreptitiously, crews of city loggers would invade the Creek, cutting down most of its luxurious trees …
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The Great Dismal: “What We Speak Becomes the House We Live In.”
The repercussions of our acts - the constructs we create - endure well past the dissolution of our convictions and desires. Our actions exist as living architecture that surrounds …
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Tolerating Torture: Rebuttal of “Zero Dark Thirty” Director Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow might believe in her right to depict torture on film, but she is less open to discuss the responsibility her film
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Lost in Their Own Wilderness
Lost in their own paranoid delusions, these days the Republican party seems to be their own worst enemy.
Yes, He Can: 20 Ways Obama Can Use Executive Power to Push a Progressive Agenda
The writers at The Nation believe in Obama's progressive reforms. Here are twenty ways our POTUS can truly bring some change we can believe in.
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The Trouble With Roe v. Wade: It Didn’t Go Far Enough
Laura Flanders: Roe was decided on the grounds of privacy, the Congress has never legislated women's equality.
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Beyond the Chart: Sure, Health Care Deduction Is Huge, but What’s the Return?
Tax expert Ellen Dannin provides an example of how we can look at employer-provided health insurance.
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The Myth of Purifying Fracking Water in Saudi America: The Competition Between Food, Drink and Energy Needs
In drought areas, farmers compete with frackers for water from investor-owned water utilities.
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As Federal Prosecutors Cash In, Big Bankers Go Unpunished
“We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse,” writes Richard Eskow.
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The GOP Crackup: How Obama is Unraveling Reagan Republicanism
While John Boehner accuses the Obama administration of attempting to