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Dumpsta Diva: Take the Plunge!
The famed diver from down under, Mick “Dumpsta Diva” Bliss, takes us through a daily dumpster excursion.
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Tar Sands Pipeline Planned for Dane County Eclipses Keystone XL
Whether or not the Keystone XL pipeline will transport tar sands oil from Canada through the US is a critical decisions affecting our future.
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Native Leaders Are Being Killed in the Amazon Because They Want the Right to Live
The likelihood of indigenous disenfranchisement can increase as a country becomes more prosperous.
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In 10 Years, No One in Helsinki Will Even Want to Own a Car: Three Simple Ideas That Are Making Cities Sustainable
From Finland to California, the cities of the future are here.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: We May Have Reached a Climate Tipping Point, and More
Human activity is destroying the very systems that keep us alive, and more.
Fighting Extremism With Schools, Not Guns
After a bloody rampage by the Taliban that killed school children, the Citizens Foundation has pledged to build 141 schools.
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Global Blackness
There has been an outpouring of global solidarity for the Black movement in the US by Black people in other countries.
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Obama Tips His Hat to FDR
He has nothing to fear.
The 1% Are Bad for Your Health – It’s Time to Tax Them More
Inequality has reached staggering levels.
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Haitians Worry World Bank-Assisted Mining Law Could Result in “Looting“
Civil society groups are worried that the Haitian president may move to unilaterally put in place a contentious revision to the country's decades-old mining law.