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Independent Journalism Now Considered “Terrorism” in Egypt
Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the Egyptian Military Regime's Growing “War On Journalists.”
Debate: State Department Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, but Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?
A long-awaited report from the State Department has dealt a potential major blow to efforts to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
A Dirty Energy Emancipation Proclamation: In Utah?
On January 25th, one of the largest and most significant environmental protests in years took place in the most unlikely of places - Salt Lake City, Utah.
Could Florida Become the New Fracking Frontier?
Fracked wells and impoundments were once a far-fetched possibility in Florida, but soon they could be hitting close to home.
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Ending the World the Human Way: Climate Change as the Anti-News
When it comes to climate change, there is no “story,” not in the normal news sense anyway.
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Nordheim: a Texas Town Facing a Toxic Future
The installation of a giant waste disposal plant where fracking industry waste would be trucked in from a 100-mile radius will undoubtedly bring more unwelcome changes.
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Shale Stories: Obama’s Clean Energy Future Is a Fracking Nightmare for Rural America
“Shalefield Stories,” a new collection of stories by people who have been negatively affected by fracking in their communities, is yet another testimony to the dark side of America's …
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Left Out of Obama’s Commission on Elections? Race
Right now it's easier for a black teenager to go to jail than it is for him to vote.
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Why Is the CDC Trying to Block an Accurate Lyme Disease Test?
A good Lyme test would go a large way to ending the wars, because at some point in the debate one side is right and the other is wrong.
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Iraq: Revisiting the Pottery Barn Rule
In Iraq, the US broke a nation of human beings, and it owes them an apologyu2013and restitution.