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Pesticides on Planes: How Airlines Are Softly Killing Us
If you have a fear of flying, the terror just catapulted to a whole new level.
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Fast Track Hands the Money Monopoly to Private Banks, Permanently
These disturbing revelations concerning TiSA are yet another reason to try to block secretive trade agreements like the TPP.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Institutional Racism Must End Once and for All, and More
In today's On the News segment: Systematic poverty, student debt strikers, environmental extremists, and more.
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Defending Life in Ecuadorian Resource Politics
Efforts to secure water rights and resist extractivism united campesino and indigenous organizers.
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Richard Falk: US “Misadventure” in Libya
Excerpt from international expert Richard Falk's new book traces the history and effects of US “misadventure” in Libya.
G7 False Commitments Won’t Help Us Tackle 7-Million Air Pollution Deaths
If the planet is to avoid large increases in global warming, massive actions never before accomplished by humankind will be necessary.
More Than 232,000 Call on UNFCCC to Kick Big Polluters Out of Climate Policy
Just months before Paris meeting, the call signals a global rejection of corporate capture of climate policymaking.
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Why Free School Meals for All Baltimore Kids Is Huge
Starting this week, every student in the Baltimore City Public Schools can receive free breakfasts and lunches, regardless of family income.
Ladydrawers: Cultivating Policy
At Soul Fire Farm, part of an innovative food justice program in New York State, farmers take action on food policy.
Rainbow Warrior: 30 Years Later, Will France Ever Apologize for Fatal Bombing of Greenpeace Ship?
Next month marks the 30th anniversary of a turning point in the history of Greenpeace.