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Brown Is the New Black
Fashions come and go. And this year, across the broad swath of Eurasia, fascism is in.
The Myth of Nuclear Safety: Fukushima Reveals That Nuclear Power Is Here to Stay
Three years after the Fukushima disaster, the Japanese government has reversed its position of abandoning nuclear power and is developing new nuclear reactors, despite opposition from a majority of …
Beyond the Minimum Wage: Interview With Jobs With Justice’s Sarita Gupta
How do we use the enthusiasm around raising the minimum wage to promote a more robust vision of economic democracy.
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How “Extreme Levels” of Monsanto’s Herbicide Roundup in Food Became the Industry Norm
Food and feed quality are crucial to human and animal health. Surprisingly, almost no data exist in the scientific literature on herbicide residues in GMO plants, even after nearly …
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The Legacy That We Are Leaving: The Extinction of Species
There have been five great extinctions of species on Earth, all of them due to natural causes. In a gripping book, Elizabeth Kolbert explores the ongoing sixth extinction of …
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The Joy and Resolve of a Movement Built on Creative Resistance
Art has added vitality and energy to advocacy; and it reaches people at deeper emotional levels and in their hearts conveying what cannot be said with mere facts.
NASA Climate Predictions Show Serious Threat to Humanity
Dahr Jamail says that though some journalists avoid linking weather patterns to climate change, global warming still exists.
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The Disastrous Labor and Social Reforms in Spain
What we are seeing in Spain is a dream for conservative forces (large employers and banking) that have been the dominant forces over the Spanish state.
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What Stand for Socialists on Events in Crimea and Ukraine?
To fully understand events and elaborate a guide to action in the face of escalating NATO threats, more detail and nuance is required in our analysis.
Japanese Government Squelching Efforts To Measure Fukushima Meltdown
The precise health impact of the Fukushima disaster is disputed.