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The Push for Recognition & Protection for Environmental Defenders at COP22

More than three environmental defenders a week were killed in 2015 and hundreds face intimidation, arrest and death threats. These defenders fight to protect land, oceans, rivers & forests from descruction.

November 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Harvard May Have Pinpointed the Source of Human Consciousness

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A study of 36 patients with brainstem lesions revealed that the majority of those in comas had damage in a specific area of the brainstem, while most conscious patients did not. The identification of the areas of the brain responsible for consciousness could lead to new treatment options for patients in comas or vegetative states.

November 8, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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A Donald Trump Presidency Would Not Be the Death of the Republic

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Ever since the end of the presidential primary season and really before the final primary contests, various media pundits have commented that Donald Trump is a danger to our democracy. If elected, Trump would establish an authoritarian regime like nothing the U.S. has ever seen.

November 8, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Philosophy

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Independent Voters Flipped The Entire Presidential Election to Trump

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Media pundits, shellshocked by Donald Trump's victory, will likely spend days trying to dissect the presidential outcome to figure out how their predictions and election models turned out so wrong. While they will continue to talk about “white males” and the impact Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson had on the race, take a look at the following raw data from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania exit polls:

November 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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What the Trump Victory Means for Standing Rock

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The Sioux tribe is facing a pro-oil president-elect with personal investments riding on the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline.

November 9, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Why we’re at such grave risk—and what to do about it…

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Where we are today—a strongman headed to the White House, with his party in control of both the House and Senate—is a direct result of the corruption of our voting system,

November 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

"Not My President": Tens of Thousands Take to Streets, Block Freeways & Rally Against Trump

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"Not My President"—that was the chant at protests across the country Wednesday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest the election of Donald Trump, who surged

November 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Glenn Greenwald: Why Did Trump Win? Blame the Failed Policies of the Democratic Party

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As President-elect Donald Trump heads to the White House to meet with President Obama today, many in the media establishment are wondering how data journalism’s predictions of this election were so wrong.

November 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

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Glenn Greenwald: Bernie Sanders Would Have Been a Stronger Candidate Against Donald Trump

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On Wednesday, hours after Donald Trump won the presidency, Senator Bernie Sanders issued this statement on Trump’s election: "Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick

November 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

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Greenwald on "Democrats, Trump, and the Ongoing, Dangerous Refusal to Learn the Lesson of Brexit"

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Early Wednesday morning, the shock of Donald Trump’s victory spread across the world, sending stock markets tumbling and media organizations scrambling to cover an outcome to the presidential election that most had

November 10, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

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