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The Internet vs. the FCC: Activists, Web Companies Launch Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
Will Wednesday's massive online protest stop the gutting of net neutrality rules by Trump appointee Ajit Pai?
Monopoly Capitalism in Action: How Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods Could Affect Us All
A monopoly is not the right foundation for the integrity, sustainability and growth of healthy organic foods.
Amazon Acquisition of Whole Foods Would Consolidate Market and Increase Inequality
Amazon now has monopoly power in online commerce.
How a Poisonous Profit-Culture Is Keeping Us From Innovating for the Betterment of All
Cutting-edge research should be directed towards achieving a decent standard of living for all instead of however the wealthy please or deem appropriate.
If Brazil Allows Terra Legal Changes, Land Grabbers Win and the Amazon Loses
New bill would alter federal program meant to provide peasants with small land plots into a land giveaway for big landowners.
Brazil Assaults Indigenous Rights, Environment, Social Movements
The Temer administration is provoking violence, while trashing environmental, indigenous and social rights.
The Robot Economy: Ready or Not, Here It Comes
As more jobs are turned over to robots and algorithms, more wealth will accumulate in the hands of those already at the top of a steep pyramid.
Brazil Moves to Cut Amazon Conservation Units by 1.2 Million Hectares
Brazil seeks drastic reduction in Amazon conservation to allow private land ownership, agriculture, and logging on protected land.
Abrupt Climate Change Is Happening Faster Than Before
We need a law to regulate climate pollution just like we do other forms of pollution, to overcome doubt and apathy.
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Indigenous Groups, Amazon’s Best Land Stewards, Under Federal Attack
Brazil's Temer government, backed by the agribusiness lobby, seems determined to reduce Indigenous rights and end recognition of new Indigenous territories.