By CORAL DAVENPORT Article Reprint WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his executive authority to cut carbon emissions from the nation’s coal-fired power plants by up to 20 percent, according to people familiar with his
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NYPD begins carrying antidote kits to fight 84 percent rise in local heroin overdoses
By Agence France-Presse Article Reprint Thousands of New York City police are to be equipped with heroin antidote kits to address a surge in overdoses from the drug, city officials said Tuesday.
Read moreThe US Electoral System is Thoroughly Corrupt
By Kourosh Ziabari Article Reprint According to John W. Whitehead, the American people have been subject to the disturbing consequences of the rise and growth of military-industrial complex, which the former US President Dwight Eisenhower
Read moreInternational Study Shows Payments to Parents Best Way to Increase Student Success
To Educate Children, We Have To Teach Their Parents By Bjørn Lomborg Article Submission In this series, Bjorn Lomborg explores the smartest investments to respond to global challenges-and readers get to have their say. See the earlier
Read moreFriends Of Oscar Grant Reach Settlement With Bart Police
By: Terry Collins Article Reprint Five friends of Oscar Grant, the man who was deliberately executed a San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, have reached a deal to settle a federal lawsuit against
Read more“Investigate the Massive Terminations of African American Teachers in U.S. Schools”
By Rosita Chatonda Article Submission From Massachusetts to Michigan, from New York to New Orleans, tens of thousands of Black teachers are being “structured out” of the Education field. The Chicago Public Schools is no exemption.
Read moreObama seeks to reframe foreign policy as war ends
For much of President Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have provided a well-defined framework for his foreign policy philosophy. He ran for the White House pledging to
Read moreSomalia’s new war order
A look at foreign involvement in Somalia’s counterterrorism units. Gone is “Black Hawk Down” era, when western forces steered clear of war-torn nation. By: Michelle Shephard Article Reprint MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—Tall, lanky, wearing aviator shades, a
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