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Classic Who: What They Don’t Tell You About Oil Industry Tax Breaks

In 1956, sociologist C. Wright Mills wrote in his work The Power Elite, “Tax rates being high, the corporate rich are quite nimble in figuring out ways to get income, or the

June 13, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Understanding Public, Closed, and Secret Facebook Groups

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There are as many different uses for Facebook groups as there are Facebook users, from sports leagues to alumni groups to community movements. No matter how you use Facebook groups, you may

June 14, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

How Government Policy Created White Wealth and Concentrated African American Poverty: Part 2

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In part two, author Richard Rothstein says explicit unconstitutional housing policy of the 20th century created America's enormous racial wealth gap.

June 12, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Racism

Type: Video

Trump's Corporate-Funded Climate Study Gets It Wrong

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Trump claims that U.S. compliance with the Paris Agreement would cost "a vast fortune" and eliminate millions of American jobs-but his data is skewed, says Steve Horn of DeSmogBlog.

June 13, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

Type: Video

America's Broken Healthcare System is Creating More Single-Payer Advocates

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The Real News speaks to advocates of universal healthcare and affordable prescription drugs at the 2017 People's Summit.

June 13, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

This New “Super” Carbon Is Tough, Elastic, and Electrically Conductive

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By superheating and pressurizing an existing form of carbon, researchers have developed an incredible new form that is light, ultra-strong, elastic, and electrically conductive. In addition to having many potential applications, the carbon could lead to even more unique forms that have yet to be discovered.

June 12, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Technology

UK's Hung Parliament: Conservatives Lose Majority; Labour's Corbyn Delivers Stunning Rebuke of PM May

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British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a major setback Thursday in an election that saw her Conservative Party lose its majority in Parliament less than two weeks before the country is scheduled

June 9, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

Cholera Death Toll Tops 859 in War-Torn Yemen as U.S.-Backed Saudi Assault Continues

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In Yemen, a civilian is dying nearly every hour from a massive cholera outbreak, as the ongoing U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign and naval blockade has devastated the country’s health, sanitation and water

June 12, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Type: Video

The Beleaguered Tenants of "Kushnerville": Jared Kushner Accused of Slumlord Practices in Baltimore

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"The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville.’" That’s the headline of a recent piece in ProPublica about the real estate dealings of Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. The piece looks

June 12, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

Veterans Affairs Official Downplays Agent Orange Risks, Questions Critics

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At a meeting in March, a lead analyst in the VA’s compensation service was critical of the media, scientists and the VA’s own administrative tribunal for taking positions that differ from his. The VA said his comments “did not fully or accurately reflect VA’s position” but also said his quotes were being taken out of context.

June 12, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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