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Trump's Job Promises are Fiction - Free Trade is Fiction, Too

Economist Heiner Flassbeck tells Paul Jay that neither a high tariff wall or neo-liberal free-trade will provide jobs and higher wages - but there are policies that will.

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

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Sentencing of Israeli Soldier for Killing of Palestinian Exposes Contradictions of Occupation

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TRNN's Shir Hever explains how the military court put itself on trial.

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

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Photo: Aboriginal People’s Television Network.

Journalism and the First Amendment on Trial at Standing Rock

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Jenni Monet, a Native American journalist, was arrested last week while covering Standing Rock. You’d think that would trigger a lot of support from the national and regional news media.

February 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Lab-Grown Meat Is Healthier. It’s Cheaper. It’s the Future.

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Since 2013, the price of lab-grown meat has dropped from around $325,000 for five ounces to just $11.36, making it 30,000 times cheaper than it was previously. Not only could lab-grown meat help us eradicate global famine, it's also better for the environment than traditional meat production.

February 21, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Mark Cuban: We Need to Prepare for When Robots Replace Human Workers

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Dallas Mavericks owner and business mogul Mark Cuban is urging both the Trump administration and society at large to prepare for automation to take over many jobs. With up to 47 percent of jobs in the U.S. alone on track for replacement by automated systems, the question of what to do may be the most important one we currently face.

February 21, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Technology

Scientists Uncover Genes That May Help Combat Aging and Disease

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Researchers have discovered that a subset of genes associated with the circadian cycle become active only later in life or during periods of intense stress. These 25 genes could be the key to treating everything from neural degeneration and loss of memory to fertility and digestive problems.

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

Soon, Medication Will be Custom Tailored to Your Specific Genetics

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Specifically tailoring medication to the genetics of each individual medical professionals treat could revolutionize how we fight disease. The downside of such an approach includes making discoveries of large scale treatments more difficult as focus shifts from groups to individuals.

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

Congress Contemplates Making it Illegal to Protect Consumer Privacy Online

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Cable and telephone companies are pushing Congress to make it illegal for the federal government to protect online consumer privacy.

February 21, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Human Rights

Aerosol study to look at great unknown in climate science

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Australian scientists seek to understand how non-carbon aerosolised particles affect global temperatures

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

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Climate Change

Empire Files: President Correa on His Legacy & Critics

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In one of his last interviews before leaving office, host Abby Martin talks to Ecuador's President Rafael Correa about Trump, the global crisis of inequality, CIA plots and opposition in his own country.

February 20, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

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