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The Biggest Ivory Market in the World Will End All Legal Trading in 2017

The Chinese government has developed a plan to make all ivory trading in the country illegal by the end of 2017, closing a loophole in the current international ban on the practice. With elephant species across the world in grave danger of extinction, this decision by China is "a game changer" that will hopefully encourage other countries to enact their own bans.

January 5, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Bitcoin Outperformed All Bank-Issued Currencies in 2016

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According to a Reuters report, digital currency Bitcoin grew by 125 percent to a value above $1,000 in 2016, crossing that threshold for the first time since 2013. The Bitcoin market has been historically volatile due to large-scale thefts, a sign that more safeguards must be put in place before digital currency can ever become ubiquitous.

January 5, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Trump Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin's Bank OneWest Accused of Widespread Misconduct

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Trump’s pick for treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, faces scrutiny for his role at OneWest, a bank which has been called a "foreclosure machine" that profited from the collapse of the housing market.

January 4, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, Google Home

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Privacy experts are keeping a close watch on the case of a Bentonville, Arkansas, man who was charged with murder after prosecutors obtained a warrant to receive data from his Amazon Echo,

January 4, 2017
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Category: Justice

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New Analysis Highlights Alarming Anti-Consumer Impacts of Proposed Enbridge/Spectra Energy Mega-Merger

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The advocacy group Food & Water Watch released an extensive analysis today documenting the significant anti-competitive, anti-consumer and anti-environmental impacts of the proposed merger between Enbridge Inc. and Spectra Energy Corp. Food & Water Watch called

January 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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ACLU Releases Analysis of Sessions’ Civil Liberties Record Ahead of Confirmation Hearings

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The American Civil Liberties Union released a comprehensive analysis of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record on civil liberties issues ahead of the January 10-11 confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general.

January 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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For Head of SEC, Trump Taps Another Fox to Guard Wall Street Henhouse

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Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton, who defended big banks against regulators during the financial crisis, is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the federal agency charged with policing Wall Street.

January 5, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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In Syria, Western Media Cheer Al Qaeda

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The Syrian government—a dictatorship known for imprisoning, torturing and disappearing dissidents—is easy to vilify. And over the last five years of Syria’s civil war, it has committed its share of atrocities. But there is more than one side to every

January 4, 2017
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WaPo Spreading Own Falsehoods Shows Real Power of Fake News

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The putative scourge of “fake news” has been one of the most pervasive post-election media narratives. The general thrust goes like this: A torrent of fake news swept the internet, damaging Hillary Clinton and possibly leading to a Donald Trump victory.

January 5, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Will 2017 be the year we get serious about sustainable food?

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The next few years could be pivotal for sustainable food in the realms of organic farming, sustainable fishing and plant based meat alternatives

January 3, 2017
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Category: Environment

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