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Trump's New Afghanistan Strategy: Windfall for the Military-Industrial Complex

After 16 years and over a trillion dollars' worth of fighting, the U.S. has accomplished none of its stated goals--except the goal of enriching the flourishing military-industrial complex.

August 21, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Taxpayers Pay Cost for Coal Companies to Pollute

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Dalal Aboulhosn, the Sierra Club's Deputy Legislative Director for Land and Water, says EPA Director Scott Pruitt is ignoring true costs and benefits in his support for coal companies' "bottom line".

August 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Video

Endless War in Afghanistan

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Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis and Paul Jay discuss Trump's war without end in Afghanistan.

August 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

7 Months Later, Climate Change Still Isn’t Mentioned on the White House Website

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In January, the White House removed all mentions of climate change from its website. Since then, updates to the website highlighted the need for a revived coal industry, but the updates failed to address (or mention) issues related to manmade global warming.

August 22, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Article

Dick Gregory In His Own Words: Remembering the Pioneering Comedian and Civil Rights Activist

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In a special broadcast today, we remember legendary comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, who passed away on Saturday in Washington, D.C. at the age of 84. Gregory became one

August 21, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Is Scott Pruitt's EPA Violating Federal Ethics Laws?

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Nick Surgey, Senior Fellow with the Center for Media and Democracy discusses California's lawsuit against the EPA under the Freedom of Information Act and Scott Pruitt's conflict of interest in his ties to

August 20, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Video

Will Rick Perry Use Grid Study to Push Coal?

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Sierra Club Senior Attorney Casey Roberts discusses a lawsuit to reveal the special interests behind DOE grid study currently being revised in favor of fossil fuel.

August 21, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Video

Innovative Technology Would Not Be Possible Without Scientific Research

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How does scientific research translate into real world applications? For starters, your GPS wouldn't work without Einstein's theory of relativity.

August 20, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Type: Article

Last Month Tied as the Hottest on Record, According to NASA

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According to a new NASA report, July 2017 has tied with August and July of last year as the hottest month on record. This continued temperature increase is another example of how climate change is affecting our world.

August 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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The 10 Most Significant Scientific Discoveries Of the Year (So Far)

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The year 2017 has catapulted us into a science-fiction future, from human cell regeneration for growing organs, to banishing genetic disease through breakthrough gene-editing techniques and recycling orbital rockets — and it’s only

August 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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