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Environment
Trading Away Our Environmental Future: The Trans-Pacific Partnership
If we can stop the TPP agreement, future trade negotiations may be more positive for communities and the planet.
How Washington’s War on Terror Has Become a War on Human Rights Defenders in Central America
Human rights defenders and activists are facing terrorism charges in Guatemala.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Chemical Spill in West Virginia Traveled Farther Than Realized, and More
The spill had a bigger effect than realized.
California Oil Officials Release Deeply Flawed Fracking Environmental Review
State regulators shrug off health, environmental risks after New York bans dangerous oil extraction method.
Hold Your Breath: Fracking and Clean Air Don’t Mix
This video examines the impact of oil and gas development on the health of people living it.
Dr. Burrito!
Watch as Dr. Burrito uses his surgical skills to reveal the carbon footprint secrets buried in a couple of handsome burritos.
Crime and CIA Embarrassments
A cruelly different standard applies to Jeffrey Sterling, who is alleged to have let the American people in on the secret of a reckless covert action.
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Free Community College Could Be a Game-Changer for Our Economic Future
College used to not just be more affordable, but could be free or close to free just a generation or two ago.
Hotel Lobby Sues Los Angeles to Block “Extreme” Wages
Two ALEC-affiliated trade organizations filed suit against Los Angeles to block an ordinance passed last September to raise the wages for hotel employees.
Do You, Married Person, Take These Unearned Privileges, for Better or for Better?
Despite a growing social awareness of racism and white privilege, singlism and marital privilege have gone largely unrecognized.