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Is Zero Deforestation Possible for the Brazilian Amazon?
Zero deforestation before 2025 is possible, and we know what it will take to achieve it.
Fearful Food Industry Jeopardizing Public’s Right to Information
Whatever one's views are about GMOs, the right to information is essential, and not one to be abridged.
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The Climate Movement Is Stuck in “Groundhog Day”; Here’s How It Can Break Free
The only way to break free from the time loop is to learn from mistakes and refuse to repeat them.
How to Understand Donald Trump’s Sexist New Low
Calling Clinton an “enabler” of her husband's misbehavior, Trump brings more hate from the right-wing fever swamp into the mainstream.
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New Year, Same Crisis: Prepare for Imperialism’s Terror and Carnage in 2016
The only gift that US imperialism can bring to the vast majority of people on the planet is terror.
Michael Moore Is Right: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Has to Go
The blame lies squarely on Snyder's shoulders.
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Bundy’s Oregon Occupation Is Capitalist at Its Core
Ammon Bundy's occupation in Oregon is rooted in a history of Indigenous dispossession and land enclosure in the West.
Ryan, Cruz, Trump and Tarp Man: The New Conservative Truth
I nominate Tarp Man as the new avatar of the modern conservative movement: an angry white guy armed to the teeth with a bag over his head.
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Obama Never Had a Plan to End What Guantánamo Represents
Seven years of indefinite detention and extrajudicial killings around the globe belie the president's once-claimed intent to change the system.
A Primer on the Damaging Movement to Privatize Public Schools
Schools need a complete transformation in what and how students learn - not the Common Core State Standards and standardized tests.