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William Rivers Pitt | The AHCA: Mass Murder in Broad Daylight
Make no mistake about it: This was a mass murder bill, plain and simple.
As Trump Complains About Alleged Surveillance, Republicans Gut Internet Privacy Rules
Laura Moy, deputy director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center, discusses the recent gutting of internet privacy rules.
The March to “Brainwash Our Kids” With Science
In 2017, our scientific blunders on the most important public health issue of our time are again poised to lead to catastrophe, but the stakes are higher now.
Trump Signs Executive Order Obliterating Regulations on Carbon Emissions and Pollution
Trump declares all out war on the natural environment.
Noam Chomsky: Trump’s First 100 Days Are Undermining Our Prospects for Survival
Behind the Trump circus, the policies being enacted are the most reactionary of the Republican fringe, warns Chomsky.
Following Pressure From Activists, ING Bank Divests Its DAPL Financing
Officials announced the bank had sold the loan at the request of tribal leaders.
Local Lawmakers Fight Back Against Jeff Sessions’s Threats to Cut Funding to Sanctuary Cities
The Trump administration has unveiled its latest attempt to target sanctuary cities.
Rebecca Solnit on Climate Change, Resistance, Misogyny and “The Mother of All Questions”
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today to dismantle a slew of climate rules.
Dahr Jamail | As Trump’s Denialists Get to Work, the Climate Is Changing 170 Times Faster
Denial won't help us when the consequences of climate change hit — not gradually but with the force of a meteor strike.
Are Hazardous Waste Sites to Blame for Cancer Hot Spots?
Florida is home to the sixth highest number of hazardous waste Superfund cleanup sites.