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Chemicals May Alter Placenta Genes
Researchers link endocrine disrupting chemical exposure to altered gene function in pregnant women's placentas.
Pennsylvania Residents Near Fracking Sites Report Health Problems
Health department employees were told not to talk to residents complaining of fracking-related symptoms.
Teachers Say 17 Firings at Urban Prep Charter Schools Were Retaliation for Unionization
The battle over unionization at one of Chicago's most celebrated charters will be key to the future of organizing charter schools in the future.
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Rehumanizing Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza don't want your sympathy or anger; we want your action, writes author Laila El-Haddad.
Austerity or Grexit: A False Dichotomy
Greece has shown the world that there is an alternative to austerity: wresting power from the hands of elites and reasserting democratic control.
The Nonprofit Industrial Complex’s Role in Imposing Neoliberalism on Public Education
Neoliberalism has seen the role of private organizations further enter spaces that used to be that of the public commons, including education.
The Confederate Flag at War (but Not the Civil War)
“It is good to see the Confederate flag coming down in some places, but I suspect that reports of its final furling are premature.”
Think California’s Drought Is Bad? Try Palestine’s
While Israelis water their lawns and swim in Olympic-sized pools, Palestinians a few kilometers away are literally dying of thirst.
Greece’s Syriza: A Government With Tactics but No Strategy
The Syriza-led coalition government in Greece has no contingency plan in the event of a sudden Grexit.
The Nuclear Age at 70
By our own scientific and technological cleverness, we humans had created the means of our own demise.