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Environment
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Torrential Rain Raises Concerns at Duke Energy Coal Ash Dams
The impact of heavy rains on dams at coal ash impoundments is a real concern.
From Ecuador to Nigeria – Women Speak for Climate Justice, Build Solutions
Across the world, women are on the frontlines of environmental and social degradation.
Cheney, Bush, Give Your Home to a Refugee
At least 850,000 people are fleeing war in Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and sub Saharan Africa without shelter or safety.
Henry A. Giroux | Murder, Incorporated: Guns and the Growing Culture of Violence in the US
After the latest mass shooting, the US culture of violence continues to play on fear and be normalized.
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Battle Over FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules May Redefine Free Speech
At stake is whether service providers are the gatekeepers of cyberspace controlling the flow of data or whether they have to allow equal access to all.
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Beyond the Headscarf: Let’s Discuss the Most Pressing Issues Facing Muslim-American Women
“The issues facing Muslim communities are so much bigger and more pressing than whether or not women cover their hair.”
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Electoral Revolution in Brazil Aimed at Neutralizing Corporate Influence
From now on, elections in Brazil will be more democratic.
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Russia: Has the World’s Biggest Country Turned Against the Environment?
Russia trundles sluggishly behind the rest of the world in international environmental policy.
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When Conservation Means Killing
Synthetic chemical poisons have been employed in conservation management around the world for decades.
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Who’s the Guy in the White Suit Next to All Those Billionaires?
These wealthy dromedaries gave a new meaning to Hump Day.