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On the News With Thom Hartmann: It’s Effectively a Crime to Be Poor in the US, and More
In today's On the News segment: Debtors prisons have been outlawed for more than a century, yet it's still effectively a crime to be poor in our country; the …
Fighting for Our Oceans
From Haiti to Scotland, Goldman Environmental Prize winners tackle marine management challenges.
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Cut Pesticide Use to Boost Yields? It’s Worked for Millions of Farmers in Asia and Africa
New research shows that sustainable approaches to agriculture can both increase yields and improve the environment.
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Want to Help Nepal Recover From the Quake? Cancel Its Debt
Nepal owes $3.8 billion in debt to foreign lenders and spent $217 million repaying debt in 2013.
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States Are Required to Educate Students Behind Bars, but Here’s What Really Happens
Since age 12, Cadeem Gibbs has struggled to reconcile his desire to learn with his incarceration.
New York City Protesters Rally on May Day for Freddie Gray, Police Accountability
This year, May Day protesters brought calls for police accountability to the forefront of the annual labor rally.
Five Foods We Thought Were Bad for Us, Now Turn Out to Be Good
And four other foods we are still debating.
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Is Russia Headed Towards Nuclear Disarmament?
There is evidence that Russia has been steadily reducing their number of nuclear weapons and complying with the NPT.
Syria’s Nightmarish Narrative
With military and political help from Saudi Arabia and Israel, the nightmare scenario of an Al-Qaeda or Islamic State victory in Syria may be coming true.
Bryan Stevenson on Mass Incarceration, Racial Injustice: “We All Need Mercy; We All Need Justice“
Slavery's lasting ideology of white supremacy figures into the history of racial injustice in incarceration, says author Bryan Stevenson.