Environment
Climate contradictions: Obama approves Arctic drilling, plans visit to Alaska
August 18, 2015The move is especially bewildering for many, as the president has declared Alaska to be "the frontlines of our fight against climate change."
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After 54 years, U.S. raises flag in Cuba
August 18, 2015A jubilant flag-raising at the reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana is giving way to serious talk about the road ahead in improving relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
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Here’s why the Nurses Union endorsed Bernie Sanders over Clinton
August 17, 2015Sanders knows his campaign is not about him; it's about all of us, and it will take all of us to change the course of history. It's time to start now.
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Indigenous News: tribe to Redsk*ns – “no thanks to dirty money”
August 13, 2015The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council voted on Wednesday to refuse all money from the Washington NFL football team.
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Mine waste spill fouls water in Colorado and New Mexico
August 11, 2015The latest ecological disaster left the Animas River a sickly color, after an accident on Aug. 5 sent at least three million gallons of mine waste gushing into the water.
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