Environment
Loss of life in Harlem the price paid for crumbling infrastructure
March 19, 2014It's no coincidence that the collapsed buildings were served by a 127 year-old gas main; those in the labor movement are feeling the unfortunate burden of vindication.
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Chicago residents fight to shut down petcoke operations
March 18, 2014Truth is stranger than fiction, so don't be surprised that the Koch Brothers, BP, and a web of multinationals have been hedging bets and kicking up dust on an industrial corridor of working-class neighborhoods between Chicago...
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Ohio “Frackgate” raises concerns about regulators
March 17, 2014The FOI request was prompted by Gov. John Kasich's failure to follow through on a 2011 law permitting fracking in Ohio's state parks.
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Building trades unions: Remake the nation’s infrastructure!
March 14, 2014With GOP opposition keeping the federal government from moving on Obama-backed legislation that would create massive numbers of jobs, the unions, at their legislative conference mapped out specific proposals to get the job done.
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Is the Earth overpopulated?
March 13, 2014We must bring down the population through universal education, and government assisted family planning programs; doing so is a necessary condition of controlling global warming.
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