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It’s Time for Bill O’Reilly to Get Real About White Privilege
If there's one lesson that everyone should take away from the killing of Michael Brown and the ongoing protests in Ferguson, it's that it's time for white Americans to …
Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and the US.
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How the Largest Worker Owned Co-op in the US Lifts People Out of Poverty
Cooperative Home Care Associates has 2,300 workers who enjoy good wages, regular hours, and family health insurance. With an investment of $1.2 million into the cooperative sector, New York …
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Turning Suspensions Into a Last Resort
Lyons serves around 500 students who are overwhelmingly poor and 90 percent African American and Hispanic. Its switch to restorative justice methods is one of the main reasons the …
National Organic Standards Board Voting Scorecard Released
Corporate lobbyists and influence peddlers eroding organic standards.
New Police Hacking Technologies Raise Familiar Questions About Civil Liberties
In the last decade, US police have used every available tool to conduct surveillance. With the FBI taking that fight to the internet, we must make sure policing-by-malware doesn't …
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The Way the Wind Blows May Not Be Enough to Prevent Ocean “Dead Zones” From Growing
It seems that the process of warming oceans under climate change will inexorably lead to larger areas of oxygen-poor ocean, with all the knock-on effects for marine life that …
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Anchors Aweigh, Cowards: US Navy Reauthorizing Gideons Bibles on Facilities?
How in the hell could DoD endorse one fundamentalist version of extremist Christianity over all other Christian denominational sects?
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Police in Ferguson Are Firing Tear Gas Canisters Manufactured During the Cold War Era
Analysis of less-lethal weapons deployed against residents of Ferguson, Missouri reveals that police are using decades-old tear gas and riot control agents that may pose health risks to the …
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The Killing of Black Men Continues
It doesn't matter that there is an African American president of the United States or that Blacks run Fortune 500 companies or are pace setters as high paid entertainers …