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Big-Bucks Trucks
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How Cities Can Join the Fight Against Wage Theft
Fuerza del Valle Workers' Center, which battles wage theft, is asking local elected leaders to step up, take action and fight poverty.
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Seabirds Are Eating Plastic Litter in Our Oceans – but Not Only Where You’d Expect
Our study found that nearly 60% of all seabird species studied so far have had plastic in their gut.
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Our Prosperity Is in Peril Unless We Shift From a Wasteful World to a “Circular Economy“
This path is simply not sustainable, both for the environment and the way we live.
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Is Oklahoma Set to Execute an Innocent Man?
Time is running out for Richard Glossip.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Automation Means Fewer Jobs, and More
It's no longer far-fetched to say that soon we will be able to shop, work, travel, and commute, all without interacting with a single person.
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Maps, Hurricanes and Impermanence: An Artist Puzzles Over Climate Change
Artist Phyllis Ewen visualizes ideas about climate change and human struggles over water through sculptural drawing and collage.
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Victory of Scottish National Party Fuels UK Nuclear Abolition Movement
The Scottish National Party is showing how spending on the Trident nuclear submarine program could be used for social programs.
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US Special Ops Missions in Africa Fail to Stem Rise of Human Rights Abuses
Since 9 11, the continent has increasingly been viewed by the Pentagon as a place of problems to be remedied by military means.
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Equal Before the Law? New York Counties Face Push to Upgrade Public Defender System
New York has one of the most dysfunctional public defender systems in the nation.