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What Will/Can the Supreme Court Do about Partisan Gerrymandering?

Until recently, the power of state legislatures to hijack elections went unchallenged. Lawmakers abused their privileged duty to design their own voting districts by employing a discriminatory precision that essentially nullified the

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

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Our Best Shot at Meeting Paris Goals? Make Energy Public

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A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and towns to meet renewable energy and efficiency targets.

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

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Expert: Today’s Lack of Funding for Basic Research Could Prove Devastating in the Future

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Expert Robbert Dijkgraaf points out that investment into basic curiosity-driven research is just as critical "infrastructure" as bridges and roads. Without investment into basic research we risk our national prosperity and future.

July 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Bernie Sanders on Resisting Trump, Why the Democratic Party is an "Absolute Failure" & More

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Last month more than 4,000 people gathered in Chicago for the People’s Summit. Independent senator, former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered the keynote speech. During his speech, he repeatedly criticized the Democratic

July 3, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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"What to the Slave is 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech

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In a Fourth of July holiday special, we begin with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July

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

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Standing Rock's Fight Against Dakota Pipeline Continues While Tribe Plans for a Fossil-Free Future

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The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe recently won a major legal victory in federal court which may have the power to force the shutdown of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. District

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

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Grandson of Former VP Henry A. Wallace on Standing Rock's Fossil-Free Future & American Fascism

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As we continue to look at how the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is embracing renewable energy, we turn now to Scott Wallace and Ellen Dorsey of the Wallace Global Fund. The

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

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Divest-Invest: Foundations Urged to Back Climate Solutions While Divesting From Fossil Fuels

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The Wallace Global Fund recently awarded the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe the inaugural Henry A. Wallace Award and a $1 million investment in renewable energy projects led by the tribe. We

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

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John Oliver: This Right-Wing Media Company Is National Threat to Local News

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'The most influential media company that you've never heard of'

July 4, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Duke Neuroscientist: Brain Augmentation Will Allow Us to Make a New Kind of Human

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There are a host of brain augmentation techniques in various stages of development, but how promising are they really? Neuroscientist Mikhail Lebedev told SingularityHub what he thinks, and we consider his opinion and current advances.

July 3, 2017
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Category: Science

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