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Environment
The Punishment for Being Yemeni at Guantanamo
Join CCR to demand the closure of Guantanamo and to build opposition to both this prison and to all sites of unjust US detentions.
Southwestern Energy Executive Mark Boling Admits Fracking Link to Climate Change
An executive of a major shale gas development company has conceded what scientists have been saying for years: global shale gas development has the potential to wreak serious climate …
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The 95 Percent Doctrine: Climate Change as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Consider climate change a WMD on a particularly long fuse, already lit and there for any of us to see.
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Cecily McMillan’s “Law of Love” Suffers US Injustice
The judge may have intended to send a message to those who dissent, instead may have created a powerful messenger of dissent.
Social Movements and Power: Change From Below in the Dominican Republic
From Santo Domingo, Pedro Franco is an organizer of social movements and mutual-aid cooperatives. He is also a member of CoopHabitat, which promotes housing coops.
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Biío Hioxo Wind Energy Project Hurting Indigenous Peoples and Their Territories
Many advocates of wind energy emphasize its importance for sustainable development. However, critics note that the social, cultural and economic costs of the communities that receive these projects are …
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Republican-Tea Party Are Gagging Science
Tea party Republicans are now the only group of Americans collectively who think the Earth is not warming, based on a 2013 poll by the Pew Research Center.
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People Are Not Mice: The Failing Animal Research Paradigm for Human Disease
What prevents successes in mice from becoming human cures and treatments?
What Next in the Campaign to Save the Internet?
The next four months are going to determine the future of the Internet. Will it remain free and open with equal access to all?
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The Suicide Path
A call to awaken our nation to the suicidal course we are following offers some suggestions on protecting our environment - and reviving our democracy.