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A Thought for Women’s History Month: Anna Julia Cooper
Dr. Cooper gave so much more than was invested in her, as was the case of so many black women before her and many others who succeeded her.
We Are Those Two Afghan Children, Killed by NATO While Tending Their Cattle
Two young Afghan boys herding cattle in Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan were mistakenly killed by NATO forces yesterday.
Will the Next Pope Embrace Liberation Theology?
The conventional answer would be: fat chance. But maybe there is a chance.
Progressives Stop Obama from “Going to China”: A Thought Experiment
Could progressives have changed these dim prospects by using their vote more effectively?
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Clean-Car Battle Shows How to Fight for Emissions Reduction
The auto campaign provides three key lessons on how to take the next steps to fight climate change.
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Fracking Waste Could Go to North Carolina Coastal Towns If Ban Is Lifted
Despite longstanding legislation that bans dumping toxins deep underground in North Carolina, oil lobbyists are attempting to overturn the law.
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Uphold That Precedent
Copyright Universal Uclick.
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The Premise of Digital Surveillance Precludes Scholarship
Looking up ‘jihad’ in the dictionary does not a jihadist make.
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Basing Our Economy on Fossils Is Stupid
Researchers at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration report that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere underwent one of its largest single-year jumps ever in 2012.
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On Climate, Defense Could Preserve and Protect, Rather Than Kill and Destroy
The Pentagon spends hundreds of billions, but almost nothing on the existential threat of the millennium.