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Steven Salaita’s New Book Decries Academic Bias Against Israel’s Critics
Steven Salaita's memoir-cum-expose discusses the firestorm in academia over criticisms of the Israeli government.
Lawmakers Seek Probe of Exxon for Hiding Knowledge of Climate Change
Exxon concealed for decades its own conclusions that fossil fuels cause global warming.
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Will Colorado Become the First State to Implement Single-Payer Health Care?
Colorado citizens are about to put single-payer health care up to a vote on a 2016 statewide ballot referendum.
How Michigan’s Emergency Management Law Poisoned Flint’s Children
The damage done to its population by the ill advised connection to the Flint River is irreversible.
Reclaiming Labor History: How Domestic Workers Resisted Racism in the ’60s and ’70s
Premilla Nadasen discusses how Black women domestic workers organized for better pay and conditions in the 1960s and 1970s.
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In Face of Harsh Austerity, UK’s Hunger Crisis Sparks First Student-Led Food Bank
The number of people relying on emergency food aid at food banks is on the rise in the UK.
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The Last Gift of Eduardo Galeano: Stories of History for the Sake of the Future
The Uruguayan journalist and historian authored more than 40 books, but his legacy will live on in our cultural imagination.
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Letting Pepsi Police Itself Isn’t Very Sweet
The government didn't get a chance to see whether a new calorie-cutting additive in Mug Root Beer is safe.
The Palestine Exception to the First Amendment
Those who do not like Palestinian human rights are frightened about their political hegemony being challenged.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 25 Percent of the World’s Energy Will Be Generated by Renewables by 2020, and More
In today's On the News segment: According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, within five years, one quarter of all the world's energy will be generated …