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Saving Democracy: The Need To Restore Our Government

Our liberal democracy is becoming more illiberal and less democratic. Our choices this past November were between two candidates who were both disliked by the majority of Americans. Congress has a 16% approval rating

August 26, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Electoral Reform

Sandy-Level Hurricanes May Occur Every Five Years Due to Climate Change

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Leading climatologist Benjamin Horton talks about recent reports from NASA and NOAA showing increasingly higher global temperatures, and explains why the dangerous human-caused trend could spell disaster.

August 27, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

Dark money, super PAC spending surges ahead of 2018 midterms

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Outside groups, such as super PACs and their more secretive brethren politically active nonprofits, spent more money during the first eight months of the 2018 election cycle than over the same period in

August 26, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

China Announced the Successful Launch of 8,000 Water Clean-Up Initiatives in First Half of 2017

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China's Ministry of Environmental Protection reports 8,000 new water clean-up projects in the first six months of this year, with $100 billion in ecological investments. As the most populous nation on Earth

August 26, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Air and Water Quality

New US Sanctions Against Venezuela to Cause Greater Economic Instability

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US sanctions against Venezuela, which VP Pence announced Wednesday, target Venezuelan debt and will make borrowing more expensive, hurting the people Trump claims to help, says CEPR's Mark Weisbrot.

August 26, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

For the First Time Ever, Quantum Communication is Demonstrated in Real-World City Conditions

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Researchers have sent the first high-dimensional, quantum-encrypted message through the air above a city. This real world test means high-capacity, free-space quantum communication will one day be practical and secure, enabling a global quantum network.

August 25, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

It’s Time to Start Thinking About Our Digital Carbon Footprint

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The media is at the forefront of generating awareness over environmental issues. It is easy to name influential films like An Inconvenient Truth or note advances made by The Guardian’s environmental reporting.

August 24, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Trump and the Dysfunctional American State

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Real News senior editor Paul Jay speaks with Truthdig editor-in-chief Robert Scheer on the crisis in the White House and the calls for removing Trump as president.

August 23, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Can Big Money Silence a Free Press?

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In a country with a free press but also unrestrained finance, can big money scare media outlets into silence? The question is explored in the new Netflix documentary, "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press.

August 25, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Type: Video

Another Way Ending the War on Drugs Could Save Lives and Resources

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A new study by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health professor estimates Baltimore could save millions of dollars with just one safe injection site for heroin users.

August 25, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

Type: Video

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