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Environment
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Can We Get Along Without Authorities?
Some years ago, I watched a screening of a film about Daniel Ellsberg and the release of the Pentagon Papers. The film was shown in the U.S. Capitol, and …
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Nation’s Largest Health Insurer Will Preserve Key Obamacare Provisions, Regardless of Supreme Court Ruling
UnitedHealthcare — one of the nation's largest health insurers — has announced that it will preserve a provision of the health care law that allows young adults to stay …
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Secretive Group Supressing Voting in Maine Partly Funded by Wisconsin Businesses
The American Justice Partnership has refused to tell the public about its donors.
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Former Prime Minister Contradicts Murdoch Testimony at Hacking Inquiry
LONDON — Starting four days of evidence by political leaders about the sway of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers over public life here, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday denied …
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Court Says Regulators Must Evaluate Dangers of Nuclear Waste
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted improperly when it failed to consider all the risks of storing spent radioactive fuel onsite at the nation's nuclear power facilities, so ruled a …
In Illinois, There Is No Budget Crisis: There Is a Regressive Taxation Crisis
Sad to say, nothing they're doing or talking about in the General Assembly will have a significant impact on the state's chronic budget crisis. Not draconian Medicaid cuts, not …
Speaking Truth to Chevron: An Interview With Nigerian Eco-Feminist Emem Okon
Antonia Juhasz: I interviewed Okon shortly after the protests to learn how the women of the U.S. can emulate the women of Nigeria in standing up to one of …
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Over Six Million Young Adults Insured Thanks to Obama’s Health Care
A recent poll also showed that about 71 percent of Americans view the provision favorably.
TransCanada’s Latest Extreme Energy Export Pipelines in the US and Canada
TransCanada was once in the limelight and targeted for its Keystone XL pipeline project. Now, with few eyes watching, it is pushing along two key pipeline projects that would …
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Radicalization Within the Armed Forces: DoD Losing Sight of the Forest for the Trees
Make no mistake, this homegrown u201cradicalizationu201d has a specific name: extremist, evangelical, Christian fundamentalism or u201cChristian Dominionism.u201d