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Why Good News for the Ozone Is Bad News for the Climate
The ozone layer is recovering a bit, but that's because of more carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
Ken Burns Overlooks Secret of FDR’s Success: Power of the People
The real secret to FDR's success, which Ken Burns neglects to include in his documentary, “The Roosevelts,” was growing unrest and the power of protest.
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The GOP Continues Its Condescending Outreach to Female Voters
Talking down to women isn't just a Texas GOP thing.
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100 Zephyrs: Why the Left Must Challenge Corporate Democrats
If there is no pressure from the left, political debate will continue to shift ever rightward, just as it has under Bill Clinton and during Obama's first term.
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What the Movement Against Mass Incarceration Can Learn From the Struggle for Climate Justice
The movement against mass incarceration can learn much from the struggle for climate justice. Environmental justice activists' engagement with governments, global organizations and corporations holds many lessons in fighting …
Call to Close “Deplorable” Private Migrant Jail Made, as Expansion Planned
Immigrant justice groups are raising alarms about conditions in existing and planned migrant jails holding children.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate GOP Blocks Legislation on Gender Pay Gap, and More
In today's On the News segment: Senate Republicans block legislation aimed at closing the gender pay gap, and more.
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At Elite Media, “Scientific” Racists Fit in Fine
Nicholas Wade's NYT science writing thrilled white supremacists.
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While We March for the Climate, Governments Meet With Polluters
As climate activists converge on New York, world leaders will meet behind closed doors with corporate honchos who bank on fossil fuels.
My Chipotle
“Borderline sweatshop conditions.” That's how a group of Chipotle Mexican Grill employees, including several managers, described their working conditions.