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Our Misplaced, Undemocratic Budget Priorities: The Case of Keystone XL
Keystone XL or local infrastructure: What government budget priorities best reflect democratic concerns and create long-term jobs?
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What’s Missing Inside “Llewyn Davis“
The Coen brothers' latest movie, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” creates the now-gone world of folk music in the Greenwich Village of the early 1960s, but it totally misses key elements, …
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None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds: Chris Crass’ “Towards Collective Liberation“
Chris Crass's coming-of-age memoir for the modern activist, “Towards Collective Liberation,” provides a road map for personal and societal evolution.
You Won’t Believe Who’s Teaching Children to LOVE Fracking!
Elementary school children are being taught how wonderful hydro-fracking is from the most outlandish source. If this doesn't infuriate you, nothing will.
Net Neutrality Ruling Will Disempower Communities of Color
Jessica Gonzalez: As US Court of Appeals rules against net neutrality, internet service providers will restrict access for communities of color.
Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map Potential Risk on Every Street in Japan
Safecast is a network of volunteers who came together to map radiation levels throughout Japan after the Fukushima Diiachi nuclear power plant disaster in 2011.
Protests Grow in Japan: “We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants”
Recent moves by the Japanese government to restart the country's nuclear power plant facilities have been met by growing protests.
West Virginia Chemical Spill: When Small Government Doesn’t Work
The answer to what happened in West Virginia lies in a complex failure of oversight and regulation that stretches from local enforcement all the way to the halls of …
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Colorado Pot Stores Will Soon Get a Little Help From Their Friends at “High Times“
Executives from the magazine “High Times” have established the HT Growth Fund, a new private-equity fund that will invest in the growth of established mid-size cannabis-related businesses.
Open Fire and Open Markets: The Asia-Pacific Pivot and Trans-Pacific Partnership
Thomas Friedman once said the hidden hand of the market needs the hidden fist of the military. The TPP and the Obama administration's Pacific Pivot pack both.