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Is Oklahoma Set to Execute an Innocent Man?
Time is running out for Richard Glossip.
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.
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.
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Montana’s Fossil-Fuel Resistance Centers on Stewardship of Land
Meet the ranchers, grandmothers, professors, and tribes who are blocking oil equipment deliveries and getting arrested.
How Extreme Energy Leads to Extreme Politics
Authorities in Argentina and beyond are cracking down on indigenous communities that protest resource extraction.
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Jim Hightower | The Rebellious Spirit of the First Labor Day Is Spreading Anew
It's easy to ridicule what Labor Day has now become for many of us.
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Labor Unions: The Folks Who Gave You the Weekend
There is little appreciation of role of labor unions in promoting benefits and rules that protect all workers.