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Contamination of Sacred Lake Underscores Environmental Racism in Guatemala
Indigenous communities around Lake Atitlan have mobilized to denounce corruption that guarantees continued water pollution.
Exxon Shareholders Issue Calls for Climate Accountability
Climate justice activists are now pointing out the limits of shareholder activism — and calling for a larger movement to divest from the company.
There May Soon Be No Place Left in the South for Abortions After the First Trimester
Two major abortion restrictions have passed the legislature in the state of Louisiana.
The Desperate Plight of Petro-States
With a busted business model, oil economies head for the unknown.
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This Is What Insurgency Looks Like
This action represented an insurgency because it denied the right of the existing powers and principalities.
Ecuador Activist Accuses Chevron of “Harassment and Defamation“
Santiago Escobar says publications financed by Chevron are trying to smear him after revealing information against the oil giant.
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Political Judiciary in Argentina
Argentina's former president was indicted as a political act on charges of manipulating the nation's central bank.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Than 600,000 Miles of Arctic Sea Ice Have Disappeared, and More
Since 1979, more than 600,000 square miles of winter sea ice have disappeared — an area larger than twice the size of Texas.
Hillary Clinton’s Medicare Bandage Won’t Stop the Bleeding
Hillary Clinton's talk about expanding the Medicare program to people in their 50s sounds like a step toward Medicare for all, but it isn't.
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Behind North Carolina’s War With the Feds
Rena Evans, Aaron Rothemich and Giancarlo M. write on the state's showdown with the federal government.