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Lawsuit Challenges Plan to Log 150,000 Acres in Northern California
Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for approving a 50-year plan by Fruit Growers Supply …
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Socially Awkward
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Privacy
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A Suicide Survivor: The Life of a Chinese Migrant Worker at Foxconn
In 2010, 18 employees working for Foxconn in China attempted suicide. These shocking events focused world attention on the manufacturing supply chains of China's export industry and the experience …
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Spy on Me, I’m Innocent!
A government that sucks up ever vaster quantities of useless information on innocent people actually hurts its own ability to investigate crimes.
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After Rana Plaza: Let’s Bring Humanity Back Into Our Stuff
We all know our stuff doesn't grow on store shelves. Here's how we can rehumanize our relationship with our things - and the people who make them.
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In Oil-Producing Regions, Even Minor Hurricanes Cause Major Environmental Damage
Report: 130 accidents resulted from Category 1 Hurricane Isaac.
Pursuing Profits – or Power?
The idea that firms single-mindedly maximize profits is an axiom of faith of neoclassical Econ 101, but alternative theories have a long history in the broader profession.
San Francisco’s Green Power Plan Still Stalled by Corporate Interests a Decade Later
San Francisco's CleanPowerSF, initially calling for over a billion dollars in renewable energy a decade ago, has been attacked and subverted despite its popularity.
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Global Harms Need a Global Remedy: Small but Meaningful Victory against Hudbay Minerals
After human rights violations were perpetrated by a Canadian mining company against a Guatemalan village, the village fought back in court.