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Red Alert: The First Amendment Is in Danger
If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can't happen here, the answer is that it already has.
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Awareness of the Criminalization of Survivors Is Increasing — Has It Entered the Courtroom?
US courts are still short on awareness when dealing with domestic violence survivors who defend themselves.
Hilcorp: Putting Lives in Danger
Houston billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand is “rehabilitating” Alaska's aging oil fields in ecologically-sensitive, fragile tundra.
The Ecology of War in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific
Dr. Gus Abu-Sitta, head of the Plastic Surgery Department at the American University of Beirut, discusses his work in relation to ongoing conflicts.
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Pulling Out of the Paris Climate Pact, Trump Is Building a Wall Around Himself
Trump left the door open for renegotiating a climate deal, but there may not be anyone left to negotiate with.
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Treasury Department Is Stonewalling Inquiries About Legally Sketchy Trump Business Associates Abroad
Sen. Sherrod Brown has for months been asking Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin if Trump Organization ties have been vetted.
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Leaked Documents Show UK Lobbying to Weaken EU Climate Targets Despite Brexit
Documents reveal UK government attempts to significantly weaken draft EU climate and energy rules, even as Brexit is underway.
Truthout and Earth Island Journal Investigate America’s Toxic Prisons
For many people in the United States, the prison is invisible. How is this possible, given that the US has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with more …
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Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” Residents Push Back Against Industrial Polluters
The company, Adsorbent Solutions, has run an industrial recycling facility in St. Gabriel since 2008.
Introducing “America’s Toxic Prisons”
Prisons are sites of some of the worst environmental injustices in this country.