Truthout
Environment
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The Inequality Connection
“Inequality worries me a lot, and it would be great if it was bad on the macroeconomics side, too.”
Climate Change Challenges: Support the Environment or the US Military?
The world needs peace in order to address catastrophic changes that are fast approaching us.
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In the Land of Zapata, a Community Fights Natural Gas Development
In the same towns where Zapata fought for the rights of Mexico's rural majority, mega-development projects are setting off fierce protests.
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The Right Course for a Troubled Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is doing the right thing by seeking to delay the next rise in consumption taxes.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: World Bank Issues Its Third Report on Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment: global temperatures may rise to 4 degrees Celsius by the time today's teens hit their 80th birthday, and more.
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Killing Hope: Six Years of the Obama Presidency
While the world he inherited from George W. Bush certainly sucked, it also gave Obama unprecedented opportunities to change the course of the nation.
Obama’s Immigration Plan May Give Economy a Little Boost
A small increase in wages will not completely eliminate poverty but it will improve a family's economic outlook.
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Israeli, West Bank Arabs’ Divergent Lives Revealed in Olive Harvest
The olive harvest reflects the growing disparities between Palestinians who live in the West Bank and their more prosperous brethren who hold Israeli citizenship.
Coal’s Black Wind: Pregnant Women in Parts of India Advised to Stay Away
In its bid to industrialize, India relies heavily on energy from coal.
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#Not1More Means Not One More
The newest line we are supposed to swallow is that the President is prioritizing deportations of “felons, not families.”