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American Justice: Marijuana Convicts Scarred While BP Execs Untouched
While young black males are disenfranchised for life for dealing modest amounts of weed, BP can expect to be back to business as usual despite its horrific crimes.
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So, the President Is Standing Up to the GOP. Huh.
Perhaps Obama is finally using his electoral mandate to stand up to Republicans.
Five Ways the Space Program Helps Us Fight Climate Change
From tracking glaciers to predicting crop failure to figuring out how to store solar energy in molten salt, NASA has produced some of our best tools in the fight …
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Henry A. Giroux | Hurricane Sandy in the Age of Disposability and Neoliberal Terror
Democracy can only approach its promise when it protects all members of society.
From Dream to Reality in the Philippines
The city of Alaminos is pioneering zero waste in the Philippines with an energetic fusion of bottom-up planning and community participation.
Fracking’s Health Calamities Left to Fester
Fracking has become the new gold rush for those who stand to benefit. But for those who stand in the way, it can be devastating.
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Fossil Fuel Lobby in the Driver’s Seat at Doha
A new scientific report shows that global warming can be kept well under two degrees C, but only if most of the known deposits of coal, oil and gas …
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Loss and Damage From Climate Change Must Not Become the “New Normal“
As United Nations climate talks get underway this week in Doha, Qatar, they show a subtle, unsettling shift in the global climate change debate.
Meet the Climate Denial Machine
Here are some of the industry-funded so-called experts that create a polarized misunderstanding of climate science.
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GOP Extremists Continue to Push Repugnant Anti-Women Laws
Some Republicans are continuing to fight the same noxious battles, in some cases putting women's access at risk.