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May Day Protests Held at NC State Capitol as GOP Lawmakers Push Bill Defunding "Sanctuary Cities"

In Raleigh, North Carolina, more than 100 people braved the rain to take part in a May Day rally outside the state Capitol to protest a series of proposed anti-worker and

May 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Chris Kromm: The South's Political Clout Is Rising Under Trump

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We look at the increasing power of states in the South to shape national politics. Our guest, Chris Kromm, writes in his latest piece that Southern states gave 160 Electoral College

May 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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There Are Lots of Climate Uncertainties. Let’s Acknowledge and Plan for Them With Honesty.

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A New York Times column on the climate set off yet another dangerous tempest of exaggeration and simplification.

May 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Courts Must Allow Online Platforms to Defend Their Users' Free Speech Rights, EFF Tells Court

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Online platforms must be allowed to assert their anonymous users’ First Amendment rights in court, EFF argued in a brief filed Monday in a California appellate court.

May 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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6 Ways to Put Public Interest Ahead of Big Pharma Profits

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Increase access to generics, end “evergreening” drug patents, and other ways to put people before profits.

May 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Inequality Study in Countries of the World Fails to Show Its Continuing Rise

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The Guardian newspaper's Global Inequality Project gives us a snapshot of current inequality, but fails to show how inequality is growing with the intensification of capitalism says Prof. Leo Panitch.

May 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Wilkerson: Trump's Cuts to Foreign Aid Threaten Global Health, Benefit War & Disaster Profiteers

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Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says the Trump's administration drastic cuts to foreign assistance endanger global health, to the benefit of national security state profiteers.

May 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Spicer Confirms White House Actively Planning Attack on Press Freedoms

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Effort to rewrite libel laws, says press secretary, 'is being looked into substantively and logistically'

May 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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New Data Paints Dire Picture of Democracy after 2016 Elections

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Last week, we released our Dubious Democracy 2016 dataset on U.S. House elections. The story that the 2016 election data tells is damning. Like past elections, the 2016 U.S. House elections proved to be incredibly uncompetitive. As demonstrated in

May 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Here’s What Real Climate Scientists Have to Say About Global Warming

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For a podcast, Ariel Conn sat down with climate scientists Dr. Kevin Trenberth and Dr. Brian Toon at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO to discuss multiple topics concerning climate change. Topics included discussing the science behind climate change as well as its detrimental effects on the environment as well as world economies.

May 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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