The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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4 Million People Demand New Protection For Bees Against Toxic Insecticides
More than 125 conservation, beekeeping, food safety, religious and farming advocacy groups rallied last week at the White House to call for an end to neonicotinoids – toxic pesticides that are killing off bees critical to life on Earth.
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Discrimination in Ferguson: Full Extent of Police Bias Laid Bare In Damning Justice Report
The full extent of the racial persecution of black residents in Ferguson, Missouri, by the city’s overwhelmingly white law enforcement authorities was disclosed on Wednesday in
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Demanding A Debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership – History's Largest Trade Deal
A fast-tracked TPP would lock in a rigged set of economic rules, lasting potentially forever, before most Americans — let alone some members of Congress — have had a chance to understand it thoroughly.
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The Hunger Cliff: Food Stamp Cuts Pay for New Policies To Combat Child Hunger
The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act created anti-hunger programs by cutting food stamps by $5 billion.
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If There's One Thing Romania Doesn't Lack It's Corruption
Big-time corruption and small-fry bribes have brought the whole country to a state of moral metastasis.
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Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
By taxing progressively, respecting worker rights, and rethinking economics, we could make a great start at creating a more equal world.
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Petraeus Plea Deal Reveals Two-Tier Justice System for Leaks
The former Army general and CIA director gave highly-classified journals to his onetime lover and lied to the FBI about it – but he only has to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor, with no jail time, thanks to a deal with prosecutors.
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Police Killed More Than Twice As Many People As FBI Reported; Darren Wilson Walks
An average of 545 people killed by local and state law enforcement officers in the U.S. went uncounted in the country’s most authoritative crime statistics every year for almost a decade, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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Why Black Lives Matter Needs the Black Panthers
A half century ago, activists were demanding not only the recognition that black lives matter but also the right to black power.
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Biofuel Blunder: U.K. Politicians are Pouring A Climate Change Solution Down the Drains
Uptown Oil estimates London could produce around 50 million liters per year of recycled biodiesel, causing a major drop in greenhouse gas emissions. So why is government turning its head?
