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US Christian Right Behind Anti-Gay Law Passed in Uganda
Rev. Kapya Kaoma: New Ugandan law that makes homosexual acts punishable by life imprisonment was modeled after the talking points of right-wing US evangelicals.
ODNR The Truth Revealed: Ohio Agency Selected By the State Legislature to Regulate Drilling Actually Promoting Drilling… Not So Surprising to All
“With 90 wells in a 13-square mile residential community, residents in my hometown of Broadview Heights, OH, learned several years ago that the ODNR was not on our side.”
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Apocalypses Everywhere: Is There Any Hope in an Era Filled With Gloom and Doom?
Wherever we Americans look, the threat of apocalypse stares back at us.
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If Hillary Is the Only Candidate, Where Does She Stand on Keystone XL?
Robert Naiman: Hillary Clinton may be the only candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, but we still need to know what her positions are.
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Is It Time for a New Church Committee?
The out-of-control nature of our national security agencies today is our new “national nightmare,” and the only way to wake up is to create a new Church Commission, which …
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The Politics of Extractivism in Peru: Nation’s Largest Gas Project Threatens Indigenous Communities
Critics say such drilling could wipe out isolated indigenous tribes living in the area.
Dahr Jamail | The March of Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
Dahr Jamail: From California's historic drought to flooding in the UK, the signs of advanced climate disruption are all around us, if you care to notice.
Violent Protests in Venezuela Fit a Pattern
Venezuela's latest round of violent protests appears to fit a pattern, and represents the tug-and-pull nature of the country's divided opposition.
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Why Amazon’s Collaboration With the CIA Is So Ominous – and Vulnerable
Amazon is hosting a huge computing cloud for the CIA's secrets - a digital place where data for mass surveillance and perpetual war are converging.
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Frances Fox Piven | Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries
In ‘Imagine Living in a Socialist USA,’ Frances Fox Piven argues that the guarantee of a universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial …