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Paris Agreement Likely to Take Force This Year
(World leaders gather during COP21 talks last year) Finally, some great news for the environment. Dozens of nations have signed on to the Paris Agreement, bringing international action on climate change closer than ever to reality. The new signees come just after the United States…
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Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill: North Carolina Governor Doubles Down
(Anti-LGBTQ North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory) Republican leadership in North Carolina can’t take a hint. After sparking a massive controversy earlier this year with the so called “bathroom bill” designed to marginalize trans people, the Tar Heel State’s Governor Pat McCrory is lashing out again…
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New York AG Investigates Trump Foundation
(Photo: Gage Skidmore) While the Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton has drawn scrutiny for the international dealings of the Clinton Foundation, her opponent for the White House is mired in his own host of controversies relating to his philanthropic enterprise. On Tuesday, the New…
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Report Shows Sugar Industry’s Deceit
A damning report released by the American Medical Association on Sunday, September 11 reveals how the sugar industry played a large role in covering up sugar’s negative health impacts. Penned by Cristin E. Kearns, the report details how the Sugar Research Foundation (SRG) helped isolate…
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Merkel Suffers Electoral Defeat to Anti-Immigrant Nationalists
This past Sunday saw a stunning defeat of Angela Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) at the hands of an ascendent radical right-wing party known as the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD). The local defeat took place in Merkel’s own parliamentary constituency in the state…
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Italy: Volunteers Show En Masse to Help Earthquake Victims
(A seismic graphic showing the distribution of aftershocks from this month’s horrendous earthquake in Central Italy.) On August 24, a devastating 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy, claiming the lives of hundreds of area residents while ravaging the mountain town of Amatrice, where 224 of the…
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