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Texas Tribes Mobilize in Solidarity With Sioux Against Dakota Access Pipeline
Indigenous activists in Texas highlight their own fight against the Trans-Pecos Pipeline and its corporate ties.
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21st Century News Cycle
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Neonicotinoids: How Pesticide Giants Influence Research on Bee Impacts
Bayer and Syngenta have given more than 2 million to UK universities for research on pesticides between 2011 and 2016.
States That Fail to Expand Medicaid Need to Get in the Game
According to a new report, marketplace premiums are substantially higher in states that failed to expand Medicaid.
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Over 109,000 Students Endure Physical Punishment Every Year
While the use of corporal punishment in public schools has declined rapidly in the past 20 years, it is still legal in 19 states.
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Cables Reveal US Government’s Role in Herakles Farms Land Grab in Cameroon
Cables reveal that US government officials pushed Cameroon to approve a deeply controversial oil palm development.
Young People Must Have the Right to Counsel Before They Are Questioned by Police
Access to lawyers before police questioning is considered a fundamental value of a juvenile's right to a fair trial.
Climate Change Pledges Not Nearly Enough to Save Tropical Ecosystems
The carbon pledges made by 178 nations in Paris to date won't likely save tropical coral reefs or cloud forests, or prevent mass global extinctions.
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The Surprise Weapon in Detroit’s Battle Against Gentrification
The Illuminate Literacy project encourages neighborhood youth to hold onto their identities and histories by expressing themselves in words.
“I Didn’t Serve, I Was Used”: How Veterans Are Losing the War at Home
Ann Jones examines schemes seeking to use veterans for corporate interests and dismantle the VA system in the name of privatized profits.