All News Articles for 2015-07-22
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Cries of Betrayal, Calls to Organize as Obama Approves Arctic Drilling 'With this decision, President Obama has given Shell an open invitation to turn the Chukchi Sea into an energy sacrifice zone,' said Marissa Knodel of Friends of the Earth Read more |
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Charleston Shooter Charged With Federal Hate Crimes Dylann Roof, 21, indicted on 33 counts, including some that carry death penalty Read more |
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Aiming to Lift 'Starvation Wage,' Progressive Lawmakers Push for $15 Nationwide Sanders and Congressional Progressive Caucus introduce new legislation before crowd of striking federal workers Read more |
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Calif. Community's Techno-Fix to Drought: A Path Towards More Climate Problems? 'I think that one of the myths, besides the myth of abundance, is the myth that technology will fix whatever we're doing, so it's OK to foul those waters because some technology is going to come along and clean it up.'—Maude Barlow Read more |
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With Pope Francis at the Helm, World's Mayors Pledge to Fight Climate Change 'His Holiness did not convene us here to ratify the status quo, but in fact to upend it,' said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at Vatican conference Read more |
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Cementing AT&T Strangehold, FCC Poised to Approve DirecTV Buyout Mega merger "will send yet another signal to Wall Street that harmful mergers are a better business model than actual infrastructure investment," warns press freedom group Read more |
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Who Actually Thinks Citizens United Is Good for Elections? Turns Out, Hardly Anyone New study finds the US public is starting to worry about 'the Wild West nature of campaign finance' Read more |
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EL Doctorow, Witness to 'This Terrifying Century,' Dies at 84 'I think of myself really as a national novelist, as an American novelist writing about my country,' the author once said Read more |
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Sanders Calls Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland 'Totally Outrageous Police Behavior' Recently challenged to address issues of racial injustice and police brutality more forcefully, Sanders does just that Read more |
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Study: When Human Consumption Slows, Planet Earth Can Heal New research debunks myth of climate-friendly fracking revolution Read more |
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Hedging on Wall Street: Clinton's Finance Reforms Reek of Weak-Kneed Populism While offering new reforms for financial industry, few seem to think that presidential candidate would present any significant challenge to ruthlessness of the big banks Read more |
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Facing Down Taser, Sandra Bland Was Told By Officer: "I Will Light You Up!" Betraying arrest report, newly released footage shows how arresting officer violently escalated traffic stop by threatening unarmed black woman with Taser Read more |