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Environment & Health
Privatized Medicaid Managed Care: Yet Another Health Policy Disaster
These are some of the less publicized downsides of how the ACA actually works within privatized Medicaid programs.
Dahr Jamail: US Navy War Games in Gulf of Alaska Threaten One of World’s Most Pristine Areas
The US Navy is set to begin a major war exercise in the Gulf of Alaska amid protests from local communities concerned about environmental damage.
“Battling the Death Star”: Seattle “Kayaktivists” Slow Arctic-Bound Shell Oil Rig as Fight Goes On
The oil giant Shell is on its way to the Arctic, but not before a final showdown with environmental activists in kayaks.
The Death of Climate Denialism
Soon the Right will have to abandon its head in the sand strategy, but its next tactic may be more dangerous.
Fast Track Derails Democracy
Time's running out, and Obama, McConnell, Boehner and the lobbyists are working overtime to get the locomotive back on the fast-track.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Institutional Racism Must End Once and for All, and More
In today's On the News segment: Systematic poverty, student debt strikers, environmental extremists, and more.
Welcome to the Wild World of Rhino Conservation
From fake horns to relocation, today's wildlife protectors enlist new - and often unproven - strategies to save endangered species.
Left in the Brain: Potentially Toxic Residue From MRI Drugs
Researchers raise alarms about unknown health risks of GE's Omniscan and Bayer's Magnevist, drugs injected to get better MRI pictures that contain the heavy metal gadolinium.
Congress Gets 400,000 Signatures Demanding Debt-Free College
College students currently face more than $1.3 trillion of education debt in the US.
G7 False Commitments Won’t Help Us Tackle 7-Million Air Pollution Deaths
If the planet is to avoid large increases in global warming, massive actions never before accomplished by humankind will be necessary.