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Missing the Marx: On Intellectual Failure and Environmental Catastrophe
Getting radical anti-capitalist ideas wrong and ignoring those ideas completely are timeworn traditions for US intellectuals.
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Beyond Keystone XL: Eight Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change
Recent signs that Barack Obama may approve the Keystone XL pipeline have some environmentalists feeling down about the future of the climate. But huge and positive changes are quietly …
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Scarred by War, Exploited in Peace: Review of “Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific“
Mary Cronk Farrell 's new book tells the story of 79 white female American nurses who were captured by the Japanese during World War II and held as prisoners.
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The Snow Conspiracy
Preparing for these predictable weather events is going to be expensive.
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.