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What’s It Like to Be the New Kid and a Refugee?
Small town and suburban public schools become welcome centers as more immigrants are moving outside major metropolitan areas.
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Fear of ISIS Used to Justify Continued Military Intervention in Middle East
Why was the US public willing to tolerate new US war-making in Iraq and Syria in 2014-2015, after having opposed it in 2013?
Officials Charged in Flint Water Poisoning, but Governor Snyder Has Not Even Been Questioned
The first criminal charges have been filed in the ongoing Flint water contamination crisis.
Wielding the Law to Safeguard the Land
Goldman Environmental Prize winners use legal strategy, grassroots organizing to defend human health and Indigenous land rights.
Why Are Evangelicals Fighting Over Ted Cruz’s Religious Beliefs?
A spirited debate has broken out within the evangelical academic community over Ted Cruz's religious and political beliefs.
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Six Years After the BP Spill, Feds Plan to Lease More of the Gulf for Offshore Drilling
Offshore drilling opponents question whether fossil fuels are worth more emissions and the risk of another major oil spill.
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Proposal to Restrict Free School Meals Option Could Increase Food Insecurity
7,000 high-poverty schools with over 3 million students would have to reinstate applications.
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Activists Mobilize for Twenty-Three Days for Ramarley Graham
A new campaign by the family of Ramarley Graham calls for holding the officers involved in the unarmed teen's death accountable.
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Could a Democratic President End Fracking?
Fracking's serious environmental impacts have made it increasingly unpopular, forcing Democratic candidates to debate its use.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The US Is Not Prepared for a Major Zika Virus Outbreak, and More
In today's On the News segment: The United States is not prepared for a major Zika virus outbreak; Greenland's ice sheet is in a red alert meltdown; using some …