Truthout
Environment
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When Discussing the Voting Rights Act, Race Can’t be Ignored
We want an informed electorate, and everyone should read it and even carry the small pamphlet around.
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Thousands of Gallons of Pollution Recovered From Oil and Gas Spill in Colorado
Cleanup continues at the site of an underground spill of thousands of gallons of pollution related to the oil and gas industry in the heart of Colorado's fracking country.
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From Torah to Tikkun: Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Recipe for Peace in the Middle East
Reviewer finds author's prescriptions for peace in the Middle East inadequate in ‘Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East.’
Canadian Government Fights US Opposition to Tar Sands Pipeline
Yves Engler: Unprecedented aggressive lobbying campaign by Canada to push Obama to say yes to XL pipeline.
Gailbraith and Panitch: Is a New “New Deal” Possible?
James K. Gailbraith and Leo Panitch discuss the 80th anniversary of the election of FDR and the significance of the New Deal.
Alex Steffen on Carbon-Zero Cities
Alex Steffen: Our task is to imagine a society that can deliver comparable or better prosperity and well-being using a small fraction of the energy and materials that we …
Fukushima Rescue Mission Lasting Legacy: Radioactive Contamination of Nearly 70,000 Americans
Who are the victims of Japanu2019s great 3.11 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear meltdown?
Economic Update: Guest Victor Wallis
Professor Wolff is joined by Victor Wallis to discuss ecology and economics comparing capitalist and socialist responses to environmental crisis.
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War Stories: Missing in Action (From Our Histories)
Nick Turse explores the deafening silence behind wartime rape and sexual assault cases in Vietnam and beyond.
A Last-Second Appeal for Sanity
As the unprovoked war in Iraq was already falling apart with exposure of hyperbole, half-truths and even a forgery, a group of US intelligence veterans pleaded with President George …