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Treasury Department Is Stonewalling Inquiries About Legally Sketchy Trump Business Associates Abroad
Sen. Sherrod Brown has for months been asking Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin if Trump Organization ties have been vetted.
Truthout and Earth Island Journal Investigate America’s Toxic Prisons
For many people in the United States, the prison is invisible. How is this possible, given that the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with more …
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Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” Residents Push Back Against Industrial Polluters
The company, Adsorbent Solutions, has run an industrial recycling facility in St. Gabriel since 2008.
“Picket Line”: Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo Explores the Labor Movement and the Trump Vote
Picket Line reminds us that the only real resource we have is our collective voice, says filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo.
When Some US Firms Move Production Overseas, They Also Offshore Their Pollution
A significant number of US firms reduce their pollution at home by offshoring production to poor and less regulated countries.
“Horrific” Increase in Worldwide Displacement
Over 30 million people were newly internally displaced in 2016 by conflict and disasters, according to a new report.
Falling Between the Sun-Scorched Gaps: Drought Highlights Ethiopia’s Internally Displaced Persons Dilemma
222 sites containing nearly 400,000 displaced individuals were identified in Ethiopia due to droughts.
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Republicans Want to Turn the National Labor Relations Board Into a Force for Union Busting
Here comes the anti-union crackdown.
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Man vs. Land: The US Decision on Climate Agreement Has Historic Roots and Permanent Impact
The answer to the deeper question of “Where do we go from here?” forces us to look at where we have already gone.
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Toward a Climate Insurgency
What the hell are we supposed to do now?