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After Duo Created CIA Torture Methods, Did World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Enable Abuses?
We look at allegations that the American Psychological Association secretly colluded with US abuses.
Seeds of Truth: Vandana Shiva and The New Yorker
“My life of science is about creativity and seeing connections, not about mechanistic thought and manipulated facts.”
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“Forgiveness Is Liberating”: Desmond Tutu on Healing a Nation’s Racist Past
Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States.
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Ten Bonus Health Benefits of Birth Control
Gone are the days when family planning meant crossed-fingers and carefully washed reusable condoms, or metal pessaries or worse.
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Mutated Flu Virus Could Signal More Hospitalizations, Deaths This Season
Although flu activity has been relatively mild in the US thus far, Influenza A viruses, known as H3N2, have been seen in most states.
Uruguay Takes on London Bankers, Marlboro Mad Men and the TPP
A tiny South American nation battles the power of a new transnational order.
“We Are Like the Walking Dead”: Latin American Indigenous Groups Decry Corporate Destruction of Land
As the UN Climate Conference in Peru enters its final phase, thousands of people marched in downtown Lima.
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It’s Not a Free Trade Deal and Michael Froman Wants to Take Food Choices Away From Individuals
“We're not trying to force anybody to eat anything ... we do feel like the decision as to what is safe should be made by science,” said Froman.
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‘Tis the Season to Over-Consume
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Benzene and Worker Cancers: “An American Tragedy“
Documents lay bare petrochemical industry's $36 million ‘research strategy’ on carcinogen.