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by BARBARA J. KING
For Philip Lymbery, head of the U.K.-based Compassion in World Farming and his co-author Isabel Oakeshott, a visit to California’s Central Valley amounted to an encounter with suffering.
In Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, … Read more »
By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
Law requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges “would have the striking result of closing three of Alabama’s five abortion clinics,” judge rules.
A federal court on Monday ruled that Alabama’s law requiring abortion-providing … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
One of the best insults I’ve ever read came from Ezra Klein, who now is editor in chief of Vox.com. In 2007, he described Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, as “a stupid person’s idea of … Read more »
By ROBERT H. FRANK
Each new climate-change study seems more pessimistic than the last. This May and June, for example, were the hottest ones on record for the planet. Storms and droughts occur with increasing frequency. Glaciers are rapidly retreating, … Read more »
By Paul Kane and Ed O’Keefe, The Washington Post
House Republican leaders were ambushed by another conservative insurrection on Thursday, forced to scrap a pivotal vote on a border security bill and scramble to find a solution amid a familiar … Read more »
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In recent decisions, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has made clear its view that corporations are people, with all the attendant rights. They are entitled to free speech, which in their case means spending lots of money to … Read more »
By RT
Residents of a West Virginia town that formerly hosted a Monsanto factory that produced noxious, cancer-causing chemicals can begin receiving assistance promised through a 2012, multi-million-dollar settlement.
A long-promised claims office finally opened up on First Avenue in … Read more »
By JULIA PRESTON
Most Americans surveyed in a poll released Tuesday said the United States should give shelter and assistance to children from Central America coming here illegally without their parents while the authorities decide whether they can stay.
In … Read more »
