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Urban Conflagration: Fire Scientist on Climate Change & What Makes California's Wildfires Different

California wildfires have killed at least 42 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, scorching more than 200,000 acres—roughly the size of New York City. The blazes are the deadliest since

October 20, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

Type: Video

Trump's Travel Ban Suffers Another Defeat as Judges Say Threat of Discrimination "Still Intact"

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President Trump’s latest attempt to bar some citizens of eight Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. suffers a second defeat, as another federal judge rules that the latest policy is unconstitutional.

October 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Who Profits from the Opioid Crisis? Meet the Secretive Sackler Family Making Billions from OxyContin

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This week, President Donald Trump’s nominee for drug czar, Republican Congressmember Tom Marino, had to withdraw from consideration after a Washington Post/”60 Minutes” investigation found he led a drug industry-backed effort to

October 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Human Rights

Type: Video

Secretive Billionaire Wants to Expand Fossil Fuel Empire in the US

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James Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of the chemical giant Ineos Corporation, is pushing for a dangerous pipeline through Pennsylvania, while the company quietly works to start fracking operations in Scotland and the UK,

October 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

Type: Video

As Puerto Rico Faces $95 Billion Cleanup, Exposé Reveals Vulture Firms Who Own Its $74 Billion Debt

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One month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a major new investigation examines the looming question of what will happen to the island’s $74 billion debt as it faces an estimated

October 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

Iran Doesn’t Have a Nuclear Weapons Program. Why Do Media Keep Saying It Does?

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When it comes to Iran, do basic facts matter? Evidently not, since dozens and dozens of journalists keep casually reporting that Iran has a “nuclear weapons program” when it does not

October 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Type: Article

No, US Didn’t ‘Stand By’ Indonesian Genocide—It Actively Participated

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“Standing by,” however, is not what the United States did during the Indonesian genocide of 1965–66; rather, it actively supported the massacres, which were applauded at the time by the New York Times

October 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Russ Baker Talks Media Manipulation, Russiagate, and More

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WhoWhatWhy founder and editor-in-chief Russ Baker recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Tom Haugh and Kathy Dervin from “Stocks and Jocks” on 670AM radio in Chicago.

October 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Climate Change Has Doubled Area Hit By Forest Fires

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Dr. John Abatzoglou and Dr. LeRoy Westerling explain how a warming earth has exacerbated the impact of forest fires, and how climate action could save lives

October 17, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Video

Yes, Half of Americans Are In or Near Poverty: Here's More Evidence

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"Fact checker" Ballotpedia said that presidential candidate Jill Stein's claim that "one in two Americans remain in or near poverty" was "untrue according to most conventional measures and definitions of near poverty."

October 16, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Human Rights

Type: Article

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