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Environment
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More Subversive Than You Think
Rick Perlstein's “The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan” is a significant book that details the rise of the right wing in the United …
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Hawaii’s GMO Battle: Federal Judge Strikes Down Kauai’s Pesticide Regulations
The anti-GMO forces in Hawaii were dealt a blow when a federal judge stuck down a local ordinance regulating pesticide use where four of the world's largest agrichemical companies …
Mary Anne Grady Flores and the Drones of Upstate New York
Mary Anne Grady Flores, a 58-year-old grandmother of three, was sentenced to a year in jail after photographing an anti-drone protest outside a military base near her home.
NSA Creates Google-Like Search Engine to Help Other Agencies Access Collected Phone, Email Records
The search tool, known as ICReach, is designed to share more than 850 billion records - that is more than twice the number of stars in the Milky Way.
Climate Crisis Connects Us, Climate Justice Requires Unity
What do rigged corporate trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Treaty, an international climate agreement to be signed in 2015, have in common?
Summer of Market Basket
Illustrator Sarah Rosenblatt depicts supermarket workers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire walking off the job after beloved president and part-owner gets is pushed out, which ignites a firestorm that …
Reflecting on Ferguson: When the Cops’ Safety Is “Number One“
After St. Louis police shot and killed another young black man not far from Ferguson where Michael Brown was killed, law enforcement officials are reiterating that police officer safety …
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Elite Attackers of Public Schools Don’t Admit the Impact of Economic Inequality, Racism on Education
In the Progressive Pick book, ‘Badass Teachers Unite,’ Mark Naison points out that school reform policies scapegoat teachers and represent a brilliant tactic to avoid dealing with the real …
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General Honore, Enviro Groups Call for Strengthening EPA’s Proposed Refinery Pollution Standards
Millions of people living near refineries will be directly affected by a long awaited updates to regulations the EPA has proposed for oil refineries.
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A Carbon Tax Is Absolutely Essential
What do a major investment from Verizon and the melting of our polar ice caps have in common? A lot more than you may think.