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“Twelve Years a Slave”: Kidnapped Into the Horror of Slavery
Solomon Northup's memoir offers a vivid, horrifying account of the abominable practice of slavery.
The American Heart Association—Protecting Industry Not Patients
The American Heart Association continues to take massive from donations from non government sources and let their research be swayed by their investors.
Disastrous Rollout of Obamacare Should Shift Focus to Universal Healthcare Part I
Wendell Potter: Though the media has wrongly focused on some of Obamacare's shortcomings, the US needs to make healthcare a human right.
New Aerial Video of Alabama Oil Spill Questions Cleanup
Public Herald is embarking on a new series to investigate the environmental legacy of fossil fuel in America and solutions for cleaning it up.
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Is the Pope Getting the Catholics Ready for an Economic Revolution? (Maybe He Read Marx)
Could it be that Pope Francis' new criticism of Capitalism could be the echoes of atheist economic philosopher Karl Marx.
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Switzerland Shows US How to Handle CEOs
In Switzerland a petition from 100,000 people, or about 1.25 percent of the population, creates a public referendum. By this means, last March, Swiss voters created strict limits on …
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The 1961 JFK Speech That Kicked the American Dream Into High Gear
Our American dream of shopping for useless toxic stuff, an environmental nightmare, went into high gear after JFK was killed in 1963.
Biomass Thermal: The Logs That Break the Forest’s Back
While part of the biomass incineration movement is hailing a
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Why Health Care Isn’t Just About Insurance
As Epilepsy Awareness Month winds down, let's take on the class-based obstacles to seizure management.