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Masha Gessen: Trump Doing "Incredible Damage" to Democracy While Media is Obsessed with Russia Probe

As the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee says it has reached the conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and CNN reports a number of Russian-linked Facebook ads

October 5, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

‘Recovery Efforts Have Continually Favored the Monied Classes’

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The New York Times may have meant well with their September 24 editorial headlined “Puerto Rico Is American. We Can’t Ignore It Now,” which called on “all Americans” to rally behind their

October 5, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Human Rights

How Big Corporations Game Our Democracy into Their Plutocracy

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When public institutions are governed by private interests.

October 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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EPA's Plan to Repeal Clean Power Plan 'Will Put Us All in Danger'

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Environmental advocates expressed concern about the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) planned repeal of the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's central legislation aimed at cutting carbon emissions from power plants.

October 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Physicists Just Discovered That Some Elements Don’t Follow the Normal Rules of Quantum Mechanics

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Physicists have found order in the complex world of minuscule particles through the theory of quantum mechanics. But team of researchers at Florida State University has found that surprisingly,

October 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Quantum Physics

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Puerto Rico Is Considering Bringing Power Back Through Renewable Microgrids

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The devastating effect of Hurricane Maria has left Puerto Rico without power—but even before the storm, the territory’s electric grid was somewhat outdated. Outages were common,

October 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

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A New Electric Car Battery Lasts for 200 Miles and Charges in Just 6 Minutes

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Japanese tech company Toshiba has just announced their next-generation SCiB rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles. According to the company, these new batteries can charge in just six minutes and deliver a

October 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

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Two Charts on the Gun Crisis: One Hopeful, One Hopeless

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Vox‘s German Lopez (10/2/17) came out with a listicle after the Las Vegas mass shooting: “Gun Violence in America, Explained in 17 Maps and Charts.” I found two

October 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Rev. Barber: Systematic Racialized Voter Suppression is the "Election Hacking" the U.S. Must Address

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This weekend hundreds will gather in Raleigh for the North Carolina NAACP State Convention, the last one that will be presided over by Bishop William Barber II as president of

October 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Election Fraud

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After Las Vegas Massacre, Republicans in Congress Push Bills That Could Make Mass Shootings Deadlier

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As details emerge about the massacre in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Republican leaders called for a moment for national mourning and prayer, even as lawmakers advanced

October 3, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

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