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2014 Winter Olympics Under Cloud of Anti-LGBTQ Violence
Slava Mogutin: Sochi Olympics can serve as a platform to challenge discrimination, violence and intimidation targeting Russia's LGBTQ community.
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Keystone XL Pipeline to America: Bend Over and Take It
The Keystone XL pipeline is not inevitable, America doesn't have to be a fossil fuel dependent nation and the oil from the Keystone pipeline won't do anything to help …
“Climate Hubs” a Good Step, but Obama’s Policies Still Leading to Climate Disaster
Renowned climate scientist Michael Mann says its necessary for the Obama administration help farmers deal with climate change, but moving forward forward the Keystone XL, it will be the …
It’s Not “All Psychological”: How the Medical Establishment Fails Transgender Patients
For transgender and gender nonconforming people, just going to the doctor means risking mistreatment, misdiagnosis, hostility or aggression.
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Why Turning Post Offices Into Banks Would Be Win-Win
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to introduce basic banking services at post offices so that Americans could go to their nearby post office to cash checks and obtain small loans.
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Taking Tailgate Patrol to the Next Level
Jim Hightower: Ohio State University's new armored truck is overkill for the security needed at its football games.
Selling Your Secrets: The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters
It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes.
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William Rivers Pitt | Diary of a Dying Country
Unlike the energy policies that are filling the rivers and the air with poison, drying up the water out West while making the tap water back East flammable, speaking …
Massive Coal Ash Spill Chokes North Carolina River as EPA Considers Waste Rules
A ruptured Duke Energy pipe in Eden, North Carolina, caused the release of up to 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated water into …
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California’s Water Wars: 2014-2030
What happens after California drought, peak oil, climate chaos, economic depression and water privatization finally get to the population of the Golden State?