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Environment
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Official: Bombs Frequent in US; 172 IED Incidents in Last Six Months
The official indicated most American IED attacks were small.
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Boston: The 27th Mile
Itu2019s hard to think about tax policy or cost-of-living calculations for Social Security when death is in the news, when the grim horror of it hangs in the air …
Video Game and Tax Day Actions Target Corporate “Tax Evaders”
Nicole Tichon and Gan Golan: By projecting a Tax Evader video game on the side of banks and big corporate buildings, actions aim to focus public attention on banks …
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Global Warming: Why Aren’t We Using More Alternative Energy?
In Germany, Portugal, and India, among others, innovators are already surpassing the lagging US.
Women Leading the Way
Women activists led last week on campaigns against tar sands, corporate education reform, and drones, among others.
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Gitmo Trial Ethics Breaches Called Possible Obama Plan to Close Prison
Legal observer calls breaches ‘too many fiascos in too short an order to be the result of random chance.’
Are School Closings Racist?
At the most basic level, thereu2019s the fact that decisions about African American communities are being made without their consent.
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Pennsylvania Court Deals Blow to Secrecy-Obsessed Fracking Industry
u201cIn the absence of state law, business entities are nothing.u201d
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Hearts, Minds and Dollars: Condolence Payments in the Drone Strike Age
What happens when innocent civilians are killed in drone strikes?
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The Struggle to Reclaim Paradise
This spirited march was the last of a series of protests on the five Hawaiian islands that Monsanto and other biotech companies have turned into the worldu2019s ground zero …