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What If We Could Literally Rewrite the Human Genome?

Some years ago, basic science research led to a remarkable new tool, one that gives us the power to edit DNA—the source code of life itself. Here, Berkeley biochemist and CRISPR expert

February 28, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Only people can power change. Join us 8-9 September

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Put this date in your diaries now. Ahead of the next round of global climate talks in Poland in November, local governments and business leaders are coming together for

March 2, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Top NYT Editor: ‘We Are Pro-Capitalism, the Times Is in Favor of Capitalism’

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Media criticism is, more often than not, a practice of inference: seeing patterns and inferring from those patterns the political make-up of media. Occasionally, however, decision-makers from major media outlets come right out and openly declare their

March 2, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Afrofuturism, Liberation & Representation in "Black Panther": A Roundtable Discussion

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While “Black Panther” has broken box office records, it has also generated an intense debate. We host a roundtable with three guests: Christopher Lebron, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who recently

February 28, 2018
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Category: Justice

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Feds Defend Drug War Despite Massive Drug-Fueled Police Corruption Scandal

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In a TRNN virtual debate, Ret. Major Neill Franklin responds to Acting U.S. Attorney for Maryland Stephen M. Schenning's defense of the drug war.

February 27, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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How the Anti-Democracy Movement Used Media to Command the Narrative

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As far back as 1835, perhaps our nation’s earliest and most astute observer, Alexis de Tocqueville, understood the power of the media. He described the press as “the chief democratic instrument of freedom.”

February 27, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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IMF's Structural Adjustment Programs Weaken States They Aim to Strengthen

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A new paper from the Political Economy Research Institute discusses how the IMF's programs undermine the ability of governments in developing countries to properly govern.

February 26, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Glenn Greenwald and James Risen Debate the Trump-Russian Investigation

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James Risen and Glenn Greenwald have both won Pulitzer Prizes. They both have found themselves in the crosshairs of the U.S. government for their journalism. And they both write for The Intercept.

February 26, 2018
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Category: Politics

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Masha Gessen: Russiagate Has Become a Conspiracy Trap Obscuring How Trump Is Damaging Nation

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Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen talks about how President Trump has benefited from what she calls the “conspiracy trap” around Russia’s role in the 2016 election. She wrote last year, “Russiagate is helping

February 23, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Bill Gates Warns Sillicon Valley of Technology’s Dangerous Potential

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In an interview with Axios ahead of the release of the annual letter from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates issued a somber warning to tech giants.

February 15, 2018
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Category: Science

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