After Iraq-Syria Takeover, the...

Jun 11, 2015 by

[Translate]  DEMOCRACY NOW http://publish.dvlabs.com/democracynow/ipod/dn2015-0611.mp4?&start=1918.0&end=2986.0 A year ago...

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ELIZABETH WARREN: OUR POPULIST...

Jun 11, 2015 by

ELIZABETH WARREN: OUR POPULIST AGENDA – IN HER OWN WORDS

[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Sen. Elizabeth Warren has become the most visible leader of the growing populist movement...

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SLAM THE DOOR ON FAST TRACK!

Jun 11, 2015 by

SLAM THE DOOR ON FAST TRACK!

[Translate]   By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company | Op-Ed 7 May, 2014: AFGE joined other labor organizations to...

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THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING PU...

Jun 11, 2015 by

THE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING PUBLIC SPACE WITH PRIVATE FUNDS

[Translate] THE DIRT by Liz Camuti In an age of ample private wealth and an increasingly constrained public sector, a number of...

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GBCI Launches SITES, its Newly...

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GBCI Launches SITES, its Newly Acquired Rating System for Sustainable Landscapes

[Translate]  The Dirt Contributor The Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has launched its newly acquired SITES rating system,...

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EPA Moves to Regulate Airplane...

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EPA Moves to Regulate Airplane Emissions Under Clean Air Act, Citing Danger to Human Health

[Translate] Commercial aircraft are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the transportation sector that aren’t currently...

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VIDEO: LEAKED TPP TEXT REVEALS...

Jun 11, 2015 by

[Translate] WikiLeaks has published another portion of the text of the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. The text reveals...

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The Thing We Should Be Talking...

Jun 10, 2015 by

The Thing We Should Be Talking About When It Comes to the Democratic Presidential Field

[Translate]  Clinton, Sanders, O’Malley and Chafee agree on one thing: The urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and move away...

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YOU CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR CLEA...

Jun 10, 2015 by

YOU CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR CLEARING YOUR BROWSER HISTORY

[Translate] Juliana DeVries THE NATION Matanov and his lawyer Paul Glickman stand before Judge Marianne B. Bowler on Friday, May 30,...

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New Report Shows EPA’S Propose...

Jun 10, 2015 by

New Report Shows EPA’S Proposed Carbon Regulations Will Create Tens Of Thousands Of Jobs

[Translate] Climate by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jeff Gentner   By 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency’s...

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WHY THESE TINY ISLANDS ARE PLA...

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WHY THESE TINY ISLANDS ARE PLANNNG TO SUE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES

[Translate] by Natasha GeilingCLIMATE PROGRESS   On Monday, the seven of the world’s wealthiest nations met in southern Germany and...

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KEEPING YOUR OLD CELL PHONE IS...

Jun 10, 2015 by

KEEPING YOUR OLD CELL PHONE IS HORRIBLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

[Translate] by Katie ValentineCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Ben Curtis   The constant cycle of phone upgrades — in which...

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SENSORY OVERLOAD: HOW PEOPLE W...

Jun 9, 2015 by

[Translate] Adults and children with autism experience the world much differently than we do, so why don’t we design homes, parks,...

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A RARE LOOK AT THE NEW U.S. CO...

Jun 9, 2015 by

A RARE LOOK AT THE NEW U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green The General Services Administration (GSA) granted us a rare peak at a Level 5 security campus,...

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GREEN ENERGY IS SURGING, AND Y...

Jun 9, 2015 by

GREEN ENERGY IS SURGING, AND YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHY

[Translate] By Juan Cole  TRUTHDIG Shutterstock This post originally ran on Juan Cole’s website. The adoption of wind and solar for...

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Our massive new monopolies: Am...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Our massive new monopolies: Amazon, Google and Facebook have the power to move entire economies

[Translate] Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos (Credit: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Beck Diefenbach/AP/Matt...

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How Five Decades Of Legal Birt...

Jun 9, 2015 by

How Five Decades Of Legal Birth Control Have Changed Americans’ Lives

[Translate] by Tara Culp-Ressler THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock/Andrew Breiner   CREDIT: Shutterstock/Andrew Breiner In 1961,...

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Brune to Walmart Executives an...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Brune to Walmart Executives and Shareholders: Living Wages, Living Planet Hitched Together

[Translate] By Dean Hubbard  SIERRA CLUB Image Source: Screenshot from the video of Michael Brune speaking. Last Friday Sierra Club...

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G7 Leaders Agree On Action To ...

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G7 Leaders Agree On Action To Limit Global Warming To 2 Degrees

[Translate] Climate by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Michael Kappeler/Pool Photo via AP   Group of Seven (G7) leaders agreed...

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BREAKING: Court Throws Out Cha...

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BREAKING: Court Throws Out Challenge To Obama’s Climate Change Rule

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock   The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw out a...

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Streams and Rivers Left Vulner...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Streams and Rivers Left Vulnerable to Pollution Under New “Clean Water Rule”

[Translate] WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE The new Clean Water Rule, issued by the US EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, reduces the...

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EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton sol...

Jun 8, 2015 by

EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton sold out Honduras: Lanny Davis, corporate cash, and the real story about the death of a Latin American democracy

[Translate] Want to know why Clinton’s State Dept. failed to help an elected leader? Follow the money and stench of Lanny Davis...

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‘We Are In a Revolutiona...

Jun 8, 2015 by

‘We Are In a Revolutionary Moment’: Chris Hedges Explains Why An Uprising Is Coming — And Soon

[Translate] The status quo is doomed but whether the future will be progressive or reactionary is uncertain, Hedges tells Salon. By...

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IN LOS ANGELES, AUTOPIA MEETS ...

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IN LOS ANGELES, AUTOPIA MEETS NOIR

[Translate] THE DIRT – BY JARED GREEN In 1971, architectural historian Reyner Banham wrote Los Angeles: The Architecture of...

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5 Medicinal Herbs You Can Grow...

Jun 8, 2015 by

5 Medicinal Herbs You Can Grow in Your Backyard

[Translate] These herbs aren’t just for cooking — here’s how you can use them to treat ailments from asthma to anxiety....

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8 Staggeringly Beautiful Photo...

Jun 8, 2015 by

8 Staggeringly Beautiful Photos to Celebrate World Oceans Day

[Translate] Environment The jury is out on whether life on Earth began at the bottom of the ocean, but make no mistake: Life on Earth...

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The United States just lived t...

Jun 8, 2015 by

[Translate] May’s extreme downpours made history Lindsay Abrams SALON.COM The United States just lived through its wettest...

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THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING

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THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING

[Translate] BYCASEYCOATESDANSON  A great film and screening — not to be missed! For the last 20 years, notorious activists “the...

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WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE AMAZON ...

Jun 8, 2015 by

[Translate] Mark Plotkin is an ethnobotanist, studying the traditional uses for plants in Central and South America forests. He works...

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OU...

Jun 8, 2015 by

[Translate] Casey Coates Danson TED Speaker...

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