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Scientists Say They’ve Found the “Missing Link” on Bees and Pesticides
New research may give greater insight into the connection between insecticides and our declining pollinator numbers.
Coal Mining Rejected for Climate Risks Is Back on the Table in Colorado
The Colorado mine expansion could cost society billions of dollars in climate impacts.
Rejecting Campus Consensus, MIT Cozies Up to Fossil Fuels
MIT has ignored its own campus to appease fossil fuel companies - and that should worry us all.
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Spectacles of Black Death and White Impunity
As controversy surrounds the release of a video showing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being gunned down by police, it is time to reflect on the United States' culture of white …
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Rojava’s Democratic, Feminist Revolution a Source of Hope Among Horror
In the Rojava region of Syria, despite the difficulties, people are organizing communes and women's councils.
Why Free Higher Education Can’t Wait
If we want to end economic inequality and build a better future, we need higher education to be free.
How Police Became Part of the Public School System and How to Get Them Out
As students of color continue to face police violence in the classroom, we must ask, why are police in public schools?
Got Food? How Local Food Systems Can Build Resilience for Turbulent Times
In these turbulent times, we need to make our food supply systems more resilient.
The Right’s Anti-Minimum-Wage Arguments Have Pretty Much Stayed the Same for 80 Years
Minimum wage opponents have tended to view it as the harbinger of economic doomsday since its inception.
US Political Intervention in Haiti Has Caused Instability
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians displaced by the earthquake remain without adequate shelter.