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The War on Drugs is a War on Americans
The War on Drugs isn’t a war on drugs; it’s a war on people, and this weekend it claimed its latest victim.
On Sunday morning, exactly one week after an encounter with police left him with 80 percent of his spine severed at his neck, Baltimore resident Freddie Gray died at a local hospital. He was just 27 years old.
Restoration
The biggest mass extinction in the history of the world was caused by carbon dioxide. That’s the conclusion of a shocking new study published last week in Science Magazine.
According to that study - the Permian Mass Extinction - which occurred 252 million years ago - started when a group of volcanoes erupted in Siberia - sending tons upon tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Bill O'Reilly's latest "white" dream...
As usual, Bill O’Reilly has it all wrong.
On a recent episode of The O’Reilly Factor, O’Reilly gave his take on Hillary Clinton running for president and the competition she faces.
Dear Police: Stop Treating Us Like We're Part Of ISIS
Another day, another shocking example of police violence.
On Friday, the Tulsa, Oklahoma police department finally released video from the April 2 shooting death of Eric Harris, an unarmed black man who police say was trying to sell a gun to an undercover cop.
2016 is the Race Against Austerity.
As Republican lawmakers and presidential hopefuls continue to fantasize about more massive budget cuts, economists are figuring out how much austerity really devastates a nation.
All the WarHawks Need to Just Shut Up!
Apparently Senator Tom Cotton has been living under a rock for the past 12 years.
The TPP is rigged to benefit the rich!
How do corporate lobbyists get around Congress when their billionaire masters want to destroy regulations that protect workers, our environment, and keep jobs here in the United States?
Beware Rand Paul’s Bait-And-Switch
Rand Paul is running on the platform that he is not a typical Republican...except that he is with the exception of drugs, drones and spying. And that’s something all Americans, especially all progressives, need to remember heading into 2016.
Here’s why.
How About Some Chemical Waste With Your Fish?
You might want to think twice about the food that you’re eating.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC), nearly 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne viruses and diseases each year. Of those 48 million Americans, 128,000 have to be hospitalized, and an astonishing 3,000 die because of foodborne illnesses.
Put Down the Cheeseburger
If you want to live longer, feel healthier, and save the world all at the same time, there’s only one thing you can do: go vegan.