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Environment
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Addressing Climate Change Requires Real Solutions, Not Blind Faith in the Magic of Markets
There are hopes that pricing and selling carbon just might be the magic bullet to solve the crisis, while at the same time generating lucrative returns for investors.
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Austerity – The Caloric Kind
If you're trying to limit calories, people really are different.
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Fighting for Farm Workers at Our Dinner Table
We need to establish a “slave-free” section at our supermarkets.
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Torture Is Not an American Value
Are we going to stand behind American values or stand behind the Bush administration?
The Missing Photos From the Senate Report on CIA Torture
A complete report on torture must include military prisons and the release of 2,000 photos that show the full spectrum of abuse.
“Corporate Conquistadors”: New Report Exposes How Multinationals Drive, Profit From Climate Change
Democracy Now! broadcasts from the United Nations Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, and interviews Pascoe Sabido of the Corporate Europe Observatory.
The Laundering Machine: How US Corporations Threaten Peru’s Forests Through Illegal Logging
A new report reveals more than 20 US companies have imported millions of dollars in illegal wood from the Peruvian Amazon since 2008.
US Virgin Island’s Coral Bay, Home to Fishermen, Authors, Artists, Circumnavigators and Endangered Species, Faces Uncertain Future
Since the early 1970s, live aboard sailors in St. John's Coral Harbor have helped preserve the unique character of the sleepy historic village surrounding the 18th century Moravian Mission …
GMO Contamination Denial: Controlling Science
Scientific research is pushed toward a profit-based consensus through repression and manipulation.
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A Brutal “Torture Report,” but No Accountability
The Obama administration is refusing to hold anyone publicly accountable for the CIA's torture program.