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Dark Data: Trump Backers Bankroll Firm Developing Psychological Profiles of Every U.S. Voter

One of the more mysterious parts of the Mercer family’s political orbit is Cambridge Analytica. The data firm claims it has psychological profiles of over 200 million American voters. The firm was

March 23, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Lobbies & Special Interests

Type: Video

A New Type of Farm Is Letting Us Grow 100 Times More Food

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Farming has been a cornerstone of civilization for a long time — even before sewer systems. As humans have evolved, so has farming. Thanks to drones, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, and a host of other innovations, we have come farther than we would have

March 23, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Lab-Grown Meat: Better for Animals, Better for the Environment

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Lab-grown meat is coming our way soon… and we may even be able to afford it.

March 23, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Video

Why Is the EPA Delaying Release of Glyphosate Information?

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Whether glyphosate, the active ingredient of a popular herbicide, causes cancer has been the subject of heated debate. About a year ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) briefly published information on its

March 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

How North Carolina’s Republicans Are Fighting Democracy

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A war is heating up in North Carolina about the right to vote, and the political future of the state. The Wake County Superior Court found recently that the Republican-controlled General Assembly’s “power grab” last December to strip the incoming

March 23, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Black Man Stabbed to Death by White Supremacist–Then Smeared by Media

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According to police, white 28-year-old Maryland man James Harris Jackson took a Bolt bus up to New York City Friday for the express purposes of killing black men and did just that, stabbing 66-year-old Timothy Caughman in Hell’s Kitchen Monday night.

March 23, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

We Can Now Use the Sun to Transform Raw Biomass Into Usable Hydrogen Energy

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One of the most pressing issues in the fight against climate change is finding ways to produce clean, affordable, energy. Researchers have found a way to convert biomass — like leaves and wood — into usable hydrogen by exposing it to sunlight.

March 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

U.S. and U.K. Just Banned Electronic Devices on Flights From Multiple Countries

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Passengers on flights from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries are now banned from bringing electronic devices larger than a smartphone on direct flights to the U.S. or U.K. Many of the details on the "emergency amendment” have yet to be clarified, including the duration of the ban and the reason for its implementation.

March 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Massive Cuts to EPA Threaten Communities Already Suffering From Pollution, Climate Change

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NAACP's Jacqui Patteron says existing protections we weren't sufficiently providing safeguards for communities that have been affected by recent water crises, which demonstrates the need for stronger regulations rather than rolling them back.

March 21, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

Type: Video

Whistle Blower Teacher Says Charter Schools Draining Students, Resources from Public Education

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In the third installment of TRNN's investigation into the decline of public education another whistle blower teacher says Baltimore's focus on charter schools is threatening the viability of public education - by Stephen

March 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Whistleblowers

Type: Video

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