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June 30, 2011
On June 18, the second round of 2011's UN climate change negotiations ended in Germany. As the talks drew to a close, the atmosphere was familiarly grim: little had been achieved. Read more
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June 29, 2011
"We are capable of shutting off the sun and the stars because they do not pay a dividend." - John Maynard Keynes, 1933 Read more
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Peoples' Coalition for Food Sovereignty (PCFS)
To All Who Defend the Rights to Food and Health, Peasant Farmers' Rights, Women's Rights, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, All who believe in Environmental, Climate, Social and Economic Justice, and All who seek an End to Militarization of Rural... Read more
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June 19, 2011
Many urban Americans idealize "green living" and "slow food." But few realize that one of the most promising models for sustainable living is not to be found on organic farms in the United States, but in Afghanistan. A majority of its 30 million... Read more
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March 31, 2011
LD 1346 suggests several significant changes to Maine's child labor law, most notably a 180-day period during which workers under age 20 would earn $5.25 an hour. Read more
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June 2, 2011
Campaign fundraisers are already at work on the upcoming presidential election-Obama 2012 is soliciting donations, and Republican candidates like Tim Pawlenty are spending more time meeting donors than voters. Read more
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May 22, 2011
Over the past few years, it's become an article of faith among progressives that we're living through a second Gilded Age -- you know, an era in which great fortunes accrue to powerful business leaders and institutions and the nation's wealth is... Read more
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April 27, 2011
Don't blame American appetites, rising oil prices, or genetically modified crops for rising food prices. Wall Street's at fault for the spiraling cost of food. Read more
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April 27, 2011
Benton Harbor, Mich., is a town of nearly 11,000 people, about 90 percent of whom are African American. It is a catalog of the misery of the industrial Midwest. It was the headquarters and manufacturing center of Whirlpool, but the last Whirlpool... Read more
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