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Environment
From Rust Belt to Blue Belt: Water, Climate Change and the Reordering of the Urban US
Water tables across America, many of them formed hundreds of thousands or millions of years ago, are being over-pumped to compensate for out of control population growth and droughts …
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Citizens Take Monitoring Into Own Hands as Eagle Ford Shale Boom Continues Undaunted
During the last two years Hugh Fitzsimons has watched the fracking boom transform his rural locale into an industry hub.
Truthout Interviews Michael Meurer on Torture Photos and Uruguay Thwarting Supply-Side Austerity Policies
Ted Asregadoo interviews Truthout contributor Michael Meurer.
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The Unspeakable in Afghanistan
2014 marks the deadliest year in Afghanistan for civilians, fighters and foreigners.
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Take the Chains Off: The Struggle for Racial Justice Continues
The call for justice is building in Black America and beyond.
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making
Oil and gas executives are flocking to the Uinta Basin in Eastern Utah.
Fracking Movement Wins as NY Bans Fracking
Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced a ban on fracking in New York State.
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Another Black Boy Gunned Down by Police
Police brutality is a time-honored tradition in Haiti.
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Closing in on ALS? Link Between Lethal Disease and Algae Explored
Some cyanobacteria produce toxic compounds that can sicken people.
Democrats Bow Down to Wall Street
John R. MacArthur of Harper's Magazine says that both parties are abandoning the republic in pursuit of big bucks.