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Tillerson’s Promise of More War in Syria Gets Warm Reception From Corporate Media

In a speech at Stanford this month, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that America intends to keep military troops in Syria indefinitely, in pursuit of the US’s “key end states for Syria,” including “post-Assad leadership

January 30, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Type: Article

Puerto Rico's New Power Struggle: Privatization

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Four months after Hurricane Maria and with close to half of its residents still without power, Puerto Rico has announced it will privatize its debt-ridden public electric utility, PREPA. We speak to Petra

January 25, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

Big Pharma fails to disclose antibiotic waste leaked from factories

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Drugs industry watchdog rings alarm bells on pharmaceutical waste

January 24, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Air and Water Quality

Trump’s New Tax on Imported Solar Cells Could Start “Trade War”

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New tariffs will increase the price of imported solar cells by 30 percent for the next four years, and also cost the U.S. approximately 23,000 jobs.

January 24, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

Newly Defanged, Top Consumer Protection Agency Drops Investigation of High-Cost Lender

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In 2013, ProPublica published an investigation of the subprime lender World Finance. World was charging annual interest rates that could exceed 200 percent, often trapping customers in cycles of debt

January 24, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

WaPo Editor Blames Lack of US Leadership for Famine Caused by US Leadership

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Washington Post‘s Jackson Diehl (1/21/18): “It’s getting easier for regimes to commit — and get away with — crimes against humanity.”

January 24, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

DuPont vs. the World: Chemical Giant Covered Up Health Risks of Teflon Contamination Across Globe

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Broadcasting from the Sundance Film Festival, we are joined by three guests who personally battled with DuPont and are featured in the new documentary called “The Devil We Know,” that looks

January 23, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Video

A Warning from the Center of the World: Pacific Nation Kiribati Is Disappearing as Sea Level Rises

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At the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, we speak with former President Anote Tong about his desperate efforts to save his small Pacific Island state of Kiribati from rising

January 23, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

Type: Video

Apple: The Biggest Tax Cheaters in History Repatriate Profits Under Trump's Tax Bill

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What Apple did was outright illegal according to the European Union, but instead of taking legal action against Apple for tax evasion, the Trump tax bill will reward them says white-collar criminologist Bill

January 22, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

Women's March: After First Year of Trump's Anti-Woman Agenda, Marches Mobilize Voters

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With attention on immigrant rights, gun control, and the #MeToo movement, protesters across the country mobilized in support of issues impacting women

January 22, 2018
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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