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"The Awakening That's Happening": How Local Sustainable Food is Transforming Communities
The movement toward healthy local-grown food is growing and it's growing fast.
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Stop Watching Us: New Petition Website Demands Congressional Investigation of NSA Surveillance
A coalition of 85 technology companies, organizations and privacy advocates launched a website Tuesday calling for a special congressional committee to investigate the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program.
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"Boundless Informant" Revealed: The NSA's Secret Tool to Track Global Surveillance Data
The Guardian has acquired top-secret documents about the NSA datamining tool, called Boundless Informant, that details and even maps by country the voluminous amount of information it collects from computer and telephone networks.
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Former Drone Operator Says He's Haunted by His Part in More Than 1,600 Deaths
A former Air Force drone operator says he participated in missions that killed more than 1,600 people.
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Huge Proposed Alaska Mine Could Be Next Big Controversy
As environmental groups oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, a less talked-about fight in Alaska is bubbling over whether to allow construction of a massive mine near Bristol Bay, one of the most productive salmon fisheries in the world.
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Connecticut Is First State to Pass GE Food Labeling Law
This week, Connecticut won the honor of becoming the first state to pass a law requiring genetically engineered foods to be labeled.
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The People's Response: How OpOK Relief is Rebuilding Oklahoma
After the tornado, OpOK Relief has stepped in to fill the gaps as part of the People's Response.
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Target, Other Major Retailers, Announce Boycott of GE Salmon
Along with mega-retailer Target, the total number of companies committed to not selling genetically engineered seafood now stands at 59 retailers representing 4,662 grocery stores across the U.S.
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Cooperative Economics: Replacing a Capitalism in Collapse
My co-op house in Madison, Wisconsin, is just one example of cooperative economics replacing the outdated corporate capitalist model.
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Inequality Alert: The Sweden Riots and What They Mean
The riots shaking Stockholm stem from many sources — including that this country has seen the biggest surge in inequality of any OECD nation in the past 15 years.