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TEPCO Downplays Huge Risks Involved in Removing Fukushima Fuel Rods
Agencies overseeing cleanup like the IAEA are biased towards defending and promoting nuclear power.
Ebony and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges
Massachusetts Institute of Technology American history professor Craig Steven Wilder reveals how the slave economy and higher education grew up together.
Filmmaker Uncovers Her Family’s Shocking Slave-Trading History, Urges Americans to Explore Own Roots
Katrina Browne documented her roots in the film, ‘Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North,’ which revealed how her family, based in Rhode Island, was once …
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The Retirement Deficit
Many of America's CEOs don't think we're ‘entitled’ to a secure retirement.
Meet the Right-Wing Christian Companies Trying to Impose Their Values on Their Workers
They absurdly argue that a mandate to provide health coverage - including family planning - violates religious freedom.
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Kentucky Governor Sees Health Law as Chance to Heal an Ailing State
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is overseeing a promising rollout of the healthcare law. Defying bitter GOP opposition, he says it's medicine the state needs.
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From Rome, Five Basic Insights on Inequality
In plain yet powerful language, Pope Francis is challenging the givens of our deeply unequal world - and helping inspire resistance to it.
Pentagon Approves Record Sale of Advanced Arms to Countries at War
Congress will decide if deal first struck by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in April should go through.
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The Right’s Misconstrued Constitution
The Supreme Court will rule on the right of a corporation owned by abortion opponents to assert its freedom of religion on health insurance, trumping a woman's choice of …
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A Year Later, Feds Inch Forward on Fair Housing
There have been several significant developments in fair housing. Here's what's happened.