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Robert Solow in Conversation With Paul Krugman: “Inequality: What Can Be Done?”
Solow and Krugman examine the desirability, viability and feasibility of Tony Atkinson's policy recommendations.
Dahr Jamail | Mass Extinction: It’s the End of the World as We Know It
Citing abrupt climate disruption, evolutionary biologist Guy McPherson argues that humans may soon face our own extinction.
As Walker Announces, Wisconsin GOP Moves to Gut Open Records Law
The unprecedented proposal would give lawmakers authority to hide the special interests who are working to influence legislation.
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Wall Street Sales Tax Moves Away From the Children’s Table
Those who are serious about reducing inequality support a FTT, the other politicians are sitting at the children's table.
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Fracking Expands Under the Radar on Mexican Lands
Fracking is quietly expanding in Mexico, unregulated and shrouded in opacity.
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Frackquake Madness!: 35 Fracking Earthquakes Rock Oklahoma in a Week
The activity of fracking in and of itself can and does cause earthquakes.
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Flagging Hate Speech
It shouldn't take the deaths of nine innocent churchgoers for Southern states to renounce the Confederate flag.
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Despite Reforms, the Domestic Drug War Still Tears Immigrant Families Apart
Despite promises to focus enforcement on threats to public safety, deportations for minor drug crimes have spiked.
Four Supreme Court Decisions You Need to Know About
What other big issues did the court weigh in on?
Pipeline Coming: Anticipating Environmental Devastation in New Hampshire
We take pictures of the surveyors and post them on social media. Lately, they have started taking pictures of us.