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Harvard Students Expand Blockade Calling for School to Divest From Fossil Fuels
Harvard has the largest endowment of any university.
Health Disaster Strikes Recently Contacted Indians in Brazil
Jakarewyj, a member of the Awu00e1 tribe, has contracted flu and a severe respiratory disease after her group was “surrounded by loggers.”
Health Data Breaches Sow Confusion, Frustration
One consumer was the victim of hacking attacks on two different health insurers.
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Texas Wants to Outlaw Filming the Police
Texas is considering a new law that would make it more difficult to film the police.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Earth May Be on the Brink of a Mass Extinction, and More
In today's On the News segment: If we want any chance to prevent the next mass extinction, we'd better break our addiction to fossil fuels; a new report says …
Communities Can Take Back Power in City Planning
Tom Angotti discusses the lack of community power in city planning and zoning processes.
Cash Cops: How Civil Forfeiture Enriched US Law Enforcement
The media has finally begun to talk about the issue, but we still haven't been presented with a full scope of civil forfeiture: what it is and what it …
Twelve Years Later, We Know the Winner in Iraq: Iran
We can credit US clumsiness for the new Iranian ascendancy.
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We Do This for Rekia
This week, the trial of Dante Servin began in Chicago.
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The Unexpected Burden of Pregnancy at Work
Pregnancy discrimination is an issue not just of labor rights but of reproductive justice.