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Exclusive: Freed Gitmo Prisoner Jihad Abu Wa'el Dhiab Speaks as Pres. Candidates to Debate Terrorism

Tonight, 100 million people are expected to watch the first presidential debate, where the topics will likely include foreign policy and terrorism. Eight years after President Obama vowed to close Guantánamo during

September 26, 2016
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With robots, is a life without work one we'd want to live?

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Being gainfully employed is about more than money. We need to consider what will give our lives purpose and connection in the age of automation. When Aristotle described “the complete happiness of man”,

September 26, 2016
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Cherry-Picking Trade Polls to Pave Way for a TPP Flip-Flop

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Dean Baker (FAIR.org, 9/23/16) was rightly skeptical of a New York Times article (“Who Hates Free Trade Treaties? Surprisingly, Not Voters,” 9/21/16) reporting that polling showed support for trade agreements, noting that it used the concepts of

September 24, 2016
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Soil carbon storage not the climate change fix it was thought, research finds

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Soil’s potential to soak up planet-warning carbon dioxide has been overestimated by as much as 40%, say scientists Hopes that large amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide could be buried in soils

September 22, 2016
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Climate Change

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Dakota Access Blackout Continues on ABC, NBC News

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The Sacred Stone Camp established by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota has brought together thousands of demonstrators in opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile conduit designed to carry some 200 million barrels of crude oil per year from fracking fields in North Dakota to Southern Illinois. An unprecedented coalition of hundreds of Native American tribes has faced down attack dogs and pepper spray in defense of sacred and historic sites, irreplaceable water

September 22, 2016
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State of Emergency: Charlotte NAACP & Protesters Demand Police Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting

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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte, where protests continued for a second night after Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of 43-year-old African American