While urban development might seem like a blight on the environment, the truth is actually much more complicated Henry Grabar Article Reprint Last summer, bird-watchers confirmed the discovery of a new species of bird in Cambodia: Orthotomus chaktomuk,
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McDomination: How corporations conquered America and ruined our health
The corporate class has accumulated a staggering level of power in Washington — and we’ve all paid the price. By: Nicholas Freudenberg Article Reprint On August 23, 1971, Lewis Powell sent a confidential memo to
Read moreMalcolm X Was Killed Today. Watch Orlando Bagwell’s 2 1/2-Hour Doc ‘Malcolm X: Make It Plain’ Now
by Tambay A. Obenson Article Reprint A birth and a death… yesterday in history, Sidney Poitier was born; Today in history… February 21st, 1965, Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was killed in New York City. He
Read moreMassachusetts Joins New Jersey in Demanding Police Warrants for Cell Phone Tracking
By: Noel Brinkerhoff Article Reprint Police in two northeast states will now have to obtain a warrant before tracking a suspect’s cellphone location to monitor their movements.
Read moreNeedle exchange bill finds early support in Florida
South Florida lawmakers will try again to pass legislation creating a Miami-Dade County needle exchange program. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/17/3942405/needle-exchange-bill-finds-early.html#storylink=cpy By Kathleen McGrory Article Reprint TALLAHASSEE — Last year, South Florida lawmakers couldn’t muster enough
Read moreUkraine Violence Leaves at Least 9 Dead
By KIRIT RADIA Article Reprint Violence between police and anti-government protesters in Kiev took a deadly turn today – with at least seven civilians and two police officers reportedly killed. As an evening deadline for
Read more‘I Was the Victim,’ Says Loud Music Trial Shooter in Jailhouse Phone Call
ABC Entertainment News|ABC Business News By SENI TIENABESO Article Reprint Prosecutors released audio Monday of several jailhouse calls placed by Michael Dunn — the man at the center of another controversial Florida trial —
Read moreWe Have an Anti-imperialist Obligation to the People of Haiti
The arc of justice is made to bend through solidarity with the oppressed. Solidarity with Haiti means fighting for an end to “the cycle of Western military interventions, coups and/or propping up of anti-democratic, anti-people
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