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Two Heads Aren’t Always Better Than One
The corporate propensity for rationalizing the irrational in the pursuit of profit appears to be boundless. Consider J.R. Simplot, a giant agribusiness conglomerate whose phosphate mining operations in Idaho …
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Public Outcry in New York Over Fracking Breaks State Record
A four-year-old hydraulic fracturing study by New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has broken a state record: It has drawn more public reaction than any other issue in the agency's history. …
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Free Your (Eco)Mind
(Photo: Daniel Valle) Gradually it's dawned on me: We humans are creatures of the mind. We perceive the world according to our core, often unacknowledged, assumptions. They determine, literally, …
How Much Should Sex Matter?
(Photo: Leo Reynolds) Warsaw/Melbourne – Jenna Talackova reached the finals of Miss Universe Canada last month, before being disqualified because she was not a “natural born” female. The tall, …
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The Discipline of Tending to Our Own Planet
We who are alive today are the trustees of this planet for future generations. We're failing in our responsibility to pass it on intact. We need a new Earth …
BP Blamed for Ongoing Health Problems
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. (Photo: DVIDSHUB / Flickr)Gulf Coast residents and clean up workers have found chemicals present in BP's oil …
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New Bakken Shale Pipeline to Cushing, Oklahoma in the Works
The controversy over TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline has raged on for years now, with no end in sight. The Keystone XL pipeline would carry tar sands crude from the tar sands epicenter of …
The Autism Epidemic and Disappearing Bees: A Common Denominator?
On a recent front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, a frightening, oversized headline read, “Highest rate in the nation, 1 in 32 Utah boys has autism.” Less well …
Who Killed Shaima Alawadi?
Ali Alhimidi (Far right), the 14-year-old son of 32-year Shaima Alawadi, with three friends at a March 30 vigil for his mother who was murdered in her home in …
The US and Iran Are Talking. Why Is the New York Times Peddling Iran Islamophobia?
At long last, the United States and Iran are engaged in serious talks about Iran's nuclear program. But instead of celebrating the fact that President Obama is keeping his …