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Torrential Rain Raises Concerns at Duke Energy Coal Ash Dams
The impact of heavy rains on dams at coal ash impoundments is a real concern.
As TPP Deal Inked, Guatemala Labor Case Unmasks Free Trade’s Empty Promises
As with all the previous trade deals, the president is making lofty claims about this one.
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New Environmental Inspectors Offered Free Industry-Funded Classes on Fracking
It's a new kind of “frackademia.”
WikiLeaks Reveals How the US Aggressively Pursued Regime Change in Syria, Igniting a Bloodbath
Knowing that the US never really abandoned a regime-change policy in Syria informs our understanding of US military intervention in Syria today.
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Criminalizing Blackness: A Mississippi Community College’s School-to-Jail Pipeline
In Mississippi, a Black college student was arrested and sent to a penal farm for allegedly sagging his pants.
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Kunduz Massacre Is a Brutal Reminder of US Militarism’s Civilian Victims, Past and Present
The recent killing of civilians in Kunduz, Afghanistan, by a US airstrike recalls past incidents of US violence against civilians.
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The Corporatization of Higher Education Is Holding Back Fossil Fuel Divestment
The fossil fuel divestment movement across college campuses is a moral question.
From Ecuador to Nigeria – Women Speak for Climate Justice, Build Solutions
Across the world, women are on the frontlines of environmental and social degradation.
Disaster Capitalism From the Migrant Crisis to Afghanistan and Haiti
When disaster strikes, who profits?
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Crimes
This episode provides updates on Planned Parenthood, and more.