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Obama Awards Medals to Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison and others
u201cToday we present this amazing group with one more accolade for a life well lived,u201d he said as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the recipients.
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Boulder Votes to Free Its Electric Company
Running their own utility means sun and wind energy instead of coal.
The Washington Post, PBS and the Koch-Funded American Enterprise Institute Attack Community Colleges
America's community colleges are in a near-death cycle after decades of budget cuts designed to weaken the public commons.
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Fracking in California Raises New and Old Concerns
Food & Water Watch joined with Gasland'sJosh Fox, Environment California, Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community and residents of surrounding neighborhoods to call for a ban on hydraulic fracturing …
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The Coming Mega-Drought: Tightening the Screws of Want and Thirst in the American Southwest
The Southwest is a beautiful country of blue skies, little water and plenty of land, most of which is semi-arid, arid or desert. Deserts are by definition inhospitable to …
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Partners in Deforestation and Slumification
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Collateral Damage in the War on Protesters: Neighbors of the NATO3 Cuffed, Held at Gunpoint
Whether or not they are guilty of illegal activity, the original three activists facing terrorism charges in Chicago and their six apartment-mates are not the only people who were …
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Lobby Responsibly
The big beer brewers often admonish us imbibers of their products to
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New York Could Add One Million Voters in 2013
At the heart of the legislation is a mandated shift from the current paper-based voter registration system to one reliant on electronic records.
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The Peace Train: Seeing and Believing It
Personal steps toward a collective mentality of conscious consumption and resource respect embodies one piece of the peace puzzle.