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In Depth: Journal Retracts Independent Study Linking Monsanto GMO Corn to Cancer in Rats
A year after a French study appeared to link GMOs and cancer, a respected American journal has retracted the study under pressure, reigniting a global debate about biotechnology's affect …
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The Climate Movement Needs to Stop ‘Winning’
Like cancer taking over the body, the oil and gas industry is too entangled in the organs of my community for a simple u201cwin-loseu201d dichotomy.
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What Didn’t Kill Mandela Made Him Stronger
Nelson Mandela's story, if told as a novel, would not be deemed possible in real life. Worse, we don't tell such stories in many of our novels.
Defending Consumers’ First Amendment Rights
Public Citizen defends homeowneru2019s grievance site domain name against attack by construction firm.
An Open Letter to the 3.5%
The planet itself, to say nothing of the overwhelming majority of human beings, can no longer live with the killer that is global corporate capitalism in our midst.
First Nation Clan Blocks Path of Northern Pipelines in British Columbia
Their effort highlights Canadau2019s long history of attempts to silence, remove and run roughshod over Indigenous peoples who lived across northern North America for thousands of years before settlers …
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Henry A. Giroux | Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism
Increasingly, young people are becoming more willing to cross boundaries, join questions of understanding and power, and bring into being new ways of engaging with the world.
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Walmart Workers Will Make History on Friday As America Confronts Growing Inequality
This year, the day after Thanksgiving will be remembered as the day Americans took action to demand that Walmart pay workers livable wages.
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Tilting at Gas Wells: What’s the Best Way to Defend Your Community From Fracking?
The most effective fracking bans may be the ones that make the fewest rights claims.
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On the Front Lines of Hawaii’s GMO War, Part Two
Bill 2491 will take effect in nine months, but the battle over GMO farming and pesticides in Kauai - and the rest of Hawaii - is far from over.