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Environment
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The End Is Near
If we continue down this path, the planet, our food supplies, our climate, and life as we know it will collapse.
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Why I Crossed the Line
After 30 years of working the legal channels to abolish nukes, I joined my wife and friends to risk arrest protesting the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile at …
Election Countdown 2012: Michigan Activist Asks, “Is Armed Rebellion Now Justified?” After Health Care Ruling, and More
Lansing-based Republican activist on ObamaCare decision: u201cIs Armed Rebellion Now Justified?u201d
In Florida, Minimum Mandatory Sentencing Laws Fuel Push for Private Prisons
On Valentine's Day this year, Florida almost made the unprecedented move to privatize 29 of its prisons, but the legislation was narrowly defeated.
The Sky Is Pink
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Police Raid Anti-Fracking Encampment in Pennsylvania
This move by Aqua America — which stands to profit generously from expanded drilling across the country — could be premonitory of upcoming battles over the role of for-profit …
Texas Activists Move Toward Tar Sands Blockade
Texas climate justice activists are prepared to use nonviolent, direct action to block the Keystone XL pipeline's construction.
Do the Koch Brothers Determine Our Energy Dependence?
Ever since President Roosevelt signed an oil agreement with Saudi Arabia in 1945, our fraught relationships in the Middle East have been driven by our militarized dependency on their …
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Will We Love the Health Care Law if It Dies?
“Obamacare” isn't about President Obama. It's about beginning to bring an end to the scandal of a very rich nation leaving so many of its citizens without basic health …