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Denton Frackettes Respond to Texas Legislative Attack on Local Democracy
The Frackettes, a troupe of community organizers from Denton, have launched a video response to the Texas Legislature's passage of HB40.
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The Kids Aren’t All Right: Presidential Waivers, Child Soldiers and a US-Made Army in Africa
The young, desperately divided nation of South Sudan is something of an American-sponsored creation.
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Send in the Clowns
As the 2016 presidential candidates belatedly get worked up about inequality, they're losing touch with reality.
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Can Agroecology Save Us From “Scorched-Earth” Agriculture?
The impetus could hardly be more pressing.
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Virginia Is for Dirty-Energy Lovers
Dominion is skimping on solar and wind as it aims to build a fracked-gas pipeline.
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Forty-Four Hours in a Baltimore Jail for Filming the Police
Along with hundreds of others, Geremy Faulkner was swept up in one of the haphazard mass arrests that are overwhelming the courts.
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Our Decrepit Rail System Makes Another Amtrak Crash Likely
Sometimes, throwing money at a problem is the way to fix it.
Cultivation: Shifting People of Color’s Access to Land Use
The Ladydrawers explore an innovative food justice program in New York State that focuses on shifting people of color's access to farmland.
Colombian President Calls for the Suspension of Aerial Spraying of Illicit Crops
Call Comes After World Health Organization Research Arm Exposes Health Risks of Herbicide Used in Colombia
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Stop, Hey, What’s That Sound? Environmental and Political Background Hum of Civilization Tinnitus
The threat to survival of life as we know it is the creeping artificial background.