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Environment
Techno-Optimism and Bad Science in Paris: The Problem With Carbon Capture and Storage
In many cases, there is little research that says much-touted technology will effectively reduce global emissions.
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Noam Chomsky | The US Believes It Has an Inalienable Right to Exploit Developing Nations
The lessons of 1954 and 1973 are very clear, and the victims of US violence will ignore them at their peril.
Thousands Defy Paris State of Emergency, Protest Ban to Sound the Alarm on Global Climate Crisis
Tens of thousands of people formed a human chain stretching for blocks.
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Neo-Colonial Expansion in the Guise of Addressing Climate Change: The Problem With REDD+
The silent danger is the advancement of a global green nexus of capital accumulation.
From Mizzou to Yale: The Resurgence of Black Student Protest
Protests from Yale to Mizzou are part of a long tradition of Black students struggling against racism and other injustices.
Chicago Police Officer Charged With Murder After Video Shows Him Shooting Laquan McDonald 16 Times
“I was so disturbed by that videotape ... [by] the amount of callous disregard for this young man laying in the street.”
Neocons Make Rubio Their Favorite
The neocons have found their favorite candidate, a fresh face who would put them firmly back in the driver's seat of US foreign policy.
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Lax Regulatory Enforcement Leaves Thousands at Risk of Lead Poisoning in California
State regulators have repeatedly failed in their testing, enforcement and cleanup of various lead-contaminated sites in California.
How Police Became Part of the Public School System and How to Get Them Out
As students of color continue to face police violence in the classroom, we must ask, why are police in public schools?
US Political Intervention in Haiti Has Caused Instability
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians displaced by the earthquake remain without adequate shelter.