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From Fear-Mongering to Crippling Debt, Lapses in Politics and Health Hurt Global Effort on Ebola
The World Health Organization says nearly 5,000 people have now died from Ebola out of 10,000 known cases.
Attack on Canadian Parliament Fuels “Anti-Terror” Laws, Ignoring Ties to Mental Illness, Drug Abuse
As Canada mourns the death of a soldier gunned down while standing guard at the National War Monument in Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pushing new anti-terrorism legislation.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: NPR’s Climate Coverage Has Declined Over the Years, and More
In today's On the News segment: NPR is supposed to be our national public radio, but they're barely covering climate issues that are in the public's interest, and more.
Nurses Emerge as Front Line “Climate Workers”
The nature of work is changing and we're not prepared.
Disappeared
Under the 17-year dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, 3,197 people were disappeared, tens of thousands imprisoned and tortured and hundreds of thousands forced into exile.
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The Home of the Free Speech Movement Suppresses Freedom of Speech
The Beehive Collective and the No on Prop. 1 coalition are currently on a tour of California, Sucked Dry: Examining Drought and Privatization from Mesoamerica to California, to bring …
The Post Tells Us the Economy Is SO Complicated
This story can be seen as an exemplary piece of blowing smoke reporting.
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Trust Bust
Dilma’s Electoral Victory in Brazil Should Be No Surprise After Economic and Social Gains Under PT Governments, CEPR Co-Director Says
Brazil's economic growth has gpne up while poverty and inequality have gone down in the last decade.
Coalition of Immokalee Workers Reveals Official Label for Ethically-Grown Tomatoes, Long-Awaited Milestone
Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program reaches milestone with release of official Fair Food Label