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Environment
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Hidden Poor Highest Among Elder Black and Latino Households
In California, rent and health care are two items that soak up a good chunk of the elderly population's income.
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The GOP Is Taking the Texas Women’s Health Crisis National
Texas lawmakers might have blazed the trail in steamrolling reproductive health access.
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Latin America’s Open Veins: From Brutal Colonialism to Exploitative Neoliberalism
In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion.
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Police in Texas Hospital Shoot Patient in the Chest
The patient's brother wasn't surprised that police came so close to fatally shooting his younger sibling in a space designed to care for people.
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Dahr Jamail | The World on Fire: Record-Breaking Wildfires, Greenland Melting and Earth’s Hottest Month Ever
Wildfires scorched the western US; a record-breaking size of ice calved from a glacier in Greenland; and more on climate disruption.
Still Waiting for Help: Lessons of Hurricane Katrina on Poverty
The experiences of those displaced by Katrina teach us how disaster relief programs interact with poverty and social welfare programs.
Will Grassroots Movements Change the Political Discourse in Iowa?
Presidential elections are an opportunity for grassroots movements to punch above their weight - especially in caucus states.
As Obama Visits Arctic, Alaskans Urge Him to Reverse Shell Oil Deal
Weeks after approving Shellu2019s plans to drill in Alaska, President Obama is heading to the state.
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Islamic State May Be Using Chemical Weapons
These attacks on multiple fronts are incredibly damaging to a region already recovering from civil wars as well as invasion by US forces.
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The Open Pit and the Great Green Macaw in Costa Rica
The story of how Costa Ricans implemented a nationwide ban against new open pit mining has turned out to be a very different story.