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In Tight Midterms Facing Low Turnout, Colorado’s Senate Race Could Decide Who Controls Congress
Republican candidate Cory Gardner and Democratic incumbent Mark Udall are neck and neck in the polls.
An Unprofitable Disease: In the Political Economy of Ebola, Who Lives and Who Dies?
Science writer Leigh Phillips calls for a socialization of pharmaceutical research and production due to the political and economic circumstances of the spread of Ebola.
A US Nurse Witnesses Ebola’s Ravages in Sierra Leone, Where Horrific Conditions Claim Lives Daily
As the infections of two Dallas nurses fuel concerns about Ebola in the United States, the death toll in West Africa is approaching 5,000.
Pollution Inequality and Income Inequality
Low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by pollution across the United States, according to a new study by economist James K. Boyce.
As Second Dallas Nurse Diagnosed With Ebola, Are US Hospitals Failing Health Care Workers?
As a second health care worker at Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital tests positive for Ebola after caring for an infected patien, the CDC has identified what it calls …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pollution Inequality Worse Than Income Inequality in the US, and More
In today's On the News segment: Most of us know how bad income inequality has become in the United States, but pollution inequality is even worse, and more.
Pakistani Education Activist Malala Yousafzai Becomes Youngest Winner of Nobel Peace Prize
At age 17, Yousafzai is the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize.
Komen and the Pinkwashed Drill Bit: Fracking “For the Cure”
The Susan G. Komen foundation has taken “pinkwashing” breast cancer to a new extreme by partnering with a fracking firm to produce pink drill bits.
Bad Policy, Bad Medicine: Anti-Choice Law Leaves Vast Swaths of Texas With No Abortion Provider
San Antonio is now the last outpost for legal abortion in southern Texas.
The Fight Against “Ecological Amnesia” After the People’s Climate March
What does climate action look like?