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Once White in the US: Raising Black Sons in a White Country
Jane Lazarre offers an intimate, lyrical, post-Ferguson look at what it's meant to her to raise her two black sons in the contemporary United States.
Muslim Lives Matter: Loved Ones Honor North Carolina Shooting Victims and Reject Police Dismissal of a Hate Crime
The killings in Chapel Hill have sparked an international outcry, with the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter spreading across social media.
Nurses Condemn Illinois Governor’s Anti-Worker Executive Order – Warn of Major Threat to Public Safety
"Nurses will never be silent in the face of attacks on their rights to advocate for public health and safety, or their right to form unions and act collectively …
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Get Young People Involved to Reduce Chronic Disease
A youth advisory committee for the Department of Health and Human Services has the potential to reduce the costs of chronic disease for generations to come.
Who Should Clean Up Big Ag’s Mess?
For decades, America's chemical-intensive, industrial farming operations have spewed nitrates and other toxic chemicals.
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Largest Steelworkers Strike in Decades Shows No Signs of Abating
In addition to the strike, there have also been daily protests by workers and their supporters at oil refineries and company headquarters around the country.
Alaska Bolstered Its Economy and Curbed Inequality – By Paying Everyone Thousands in Oil Dividends Every Year
Here's what the rest of us can learn.
Analysis: Last Tango for Nuclear Power?
The US nuclear power industry's three-step: Its revival, a long goodbye, or state-aided life support.
Medium and Movement: Todd Wolfson on the Digital Rebellion
Wolfson explains how and why the indymedia movement had a phoenix-like growth initially, but failed to maintain its promise.
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President Obama’s 2016 Budget Is Relatively Good on Social Security
But, over the long term, the president's budget proposal leaves some cause for concern.