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Komen and the Pinkwashed Drill Bit: Fracking “For the Cure”
The Susan G. Komen foundation has taken “pinkwashing” breast cancer to a new extreme by partnering with a fracking firm to produce pink drill bits.
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Pena Nieto on Indigenous Rights: Praise Abroad, Protest at Home
Many indigenous and peasant organizations have pointed out that Mexico's energy reform is irreconcilable with the rights of the nation's indigenous peoples and small farmers.
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What’s Really Going On in Hong Kong?
The discontent is rooted in the massive social inequality in Hong Kong - one of the world's major financial centers - and the growing lack of opportunity for its …
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Metal Madness: Lead Doesn’t Just Poison Birds, It Scrambles Everything They Need to Survive
It's well-known that high levels of lead kill birds. But now it's becoming clear that amounts commonly encountered by waterfowl and raptors can mess up their digestion, brains, hearts, …
The Fight Against “Ecological Amnesia” After the People’s Climate March
What does climate action look like?
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Mobilizing for Racial Justice in the Face of Tragedy
Sadly, deaths like John Crawford's have become all too common.
The Tyrant Jean-Claude Duvalier Is Dead, but His Legacy Still Lives in UN-Occupied Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier's death will not change the realities of foreign occupation and meddling in Haiti that continue to bolster much of the authoritarian Duvalier legacy.
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Loon, Interrupted: Chicks Dying, Social Chaos; Is Their Comeback Unraveling?
Often referred to as the “spirit of the North,” the common loon has long been a cultural icon across the Northern United States and Canada.
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Heavy Metal Songs: Contaminated Songbirds Sing the Wrong Tunes
After extensive research in Virginia, scientists have shown that mercury alters the very thing that many birds are known for - their songs.
Black Prophetic Fire: Cornel West on the Revolutionary Legacy of Leading African-American Voices
The renowned scholar, author and activist Dr. Cornel West discusses his latest book, “Black Prophetic Fire.”