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New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board Recommends Adding Alzheimer’s Disease to the List of Eligible Conditions
The New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program's Medical Advisory Board voted unanimously to add neurodegenerative dementia including Alzheimer's disease to the list of medical conditions eligible for the Medical Cannabis …
Are We Ready to Admit that There’s a Scientific Consensus?
Inexplicably, some still argue that there's no scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate disruption . Perhaps it's necessary to first define consensus.
Ally Nation Sues United States for Nuclear Treaty Violations
The Republic of the Marshall Islands filed an unprecedented lawsuit in the US Federal District Court in San Francisco to hold the United States government accountable for its flagrant …
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Trigger Lock
America's much-needed “trigger lock.”
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Supreme Court Brand
Roberts' Rule of ‘Order Yours Today!’
Corporations Divest Nearly $60 Million From Private Prison Complex
The announcement comes after civil rights activists pressured more than 150 companies for months.
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Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization
The Chicago Board of Education has consistently voted to close schools or turn them over to private management - laying off most of the staff in the process - …
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Revealed: ALEC’s 2014 Attacks on the Environment
An internal tracking document reveals the scope of ALEC's anti-environmental efforts in 2014.
The West Marches East: The US-NATO Strategy to Isolate Russia
For the past quarter-century, Russia has stood and watched as the United States, NATO, and the European Union have advanced their borders and sphere of influence eastwards to Russia's …
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Scathing Report Finds Rocketship, School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute, documents the effects of both for-profit and non-profit charter schools that are taking over struggling public schools in Milwaukee.