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Environment
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Wall Street Preparing Dodd-Frank Rule Workaround
Investment bankers are preparing to water down a Dodd-Frank rule designed to snuff out the proliferation of toxic financial products.
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Navy Admits to Having Released Chemicals Known to Injure Infants’ Brains
The Navy admits to releasing “tons” of toxic contaminants, some of which have been proven to damage infants' brains.
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Unregulated Promotion of Mining in Malawi Brings Hazards and Hardships
Malawi has promoted private investment in mining and resource extraction to grow and diversify its agriculture-based economy.
Neoliberalism’s Decades-Long Attack on Public Universities
Neoliberals have turned our universities into corporations and students into consumers.
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Personhood for Nature?
The current laws that are supposed to protect burial grounds and sacred sites in nature are woefully inadequate.
Oil Industry Has More Than 30 Accidents a Week in and Off the Coast of Louisiana
A coalition of groups calling for a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico released research on accidents in the oil industry.
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The Second Presidential Debate: Can We Talk About Climate Change Now?
Our next president needs to keep fossil fuels in the ground and lead the fight against catastrophic climate change from day one.
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It Isn’t Snowden Who Should Be Asking for a Pardon
It is not Snowden but Obama who should be asking for a pardon.
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A Cynical Environmentalism: Protecting Nature to Prepare for War
The US military claims it spends millions on conservation but impacted communities call it “greenwashing.”
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Liberty Is Security: The Lesson Not Drawn From Post-9/11 Government Overreach
What should be seen as incompatible with liberty and safety is the overreach of the state in the name of ensuring both of them.