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The DNC Junta Is Continuing the Democratic Leadership Council Coup
The DLC's stated goals were “to expand the party's base and appeal to moderates and liberals.”

On the News With Thom Hartmann: The FDA Has Only Banned Three Chemicals Out of Nearly 100 Known to Cause Health Risks, and More
In today's On the News segment: There are nearly 100 chemicals used in food processing and packaging that pose a serious health risk, but the FDA is only banning …

Is Zero Deforestation Possible for the Brazilian Amazon?
Zero deforestation before 2025 is possible, and we know what it will take to achieve it.

Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Tame Wall Street Riles Team Clinton
Rather than relying on regulators to do a better job of policing the massive financial services sector, Sanders downsizes and leashes the largest players on Wall Street.

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EPA Confirms Activists’ Longtime Claims: Neonicotinoid Pesticide Threatens Honeybees
Environmentalists and honey producers have long suspected a link between the pesticide and rapidly declining bee populations.

G7’s “New Alliance” Deal Is Failing Farmers in Africa
Schemes such as the G7's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition are about expanding industrial agriculture.

Good Riddance to Democracy as We Know It: The Case for Aretocracy
When we reflect on the sordid state of affairs in US politics today, it's difficult not to conclude that any idea is.

The Perfect Crime: What’s Killing All the Bees?
Mega-corporations are making a killing off their pesticides - but are they also getting away with murder?

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Labor: 2015 in Review
As the assault on union standards continues, glimmers of hope in 2015 came from grassroots resistance.

The Year in Reproductive Justice: 47 Anti-Abortion Laws, Clinic Attacks and Hopeful Signs
In the face of intense attacks in 2015, activists rose to the occasion and continue to stand for reproductive justice for all.