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Rex Tillerson Supposedly Shifted Exxon Mobil’s Climate Position. Except He Really Didn’t.
December 26, 2016The oil giant’s transformation on global warming was more rhetorical than anything else.
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Thirteen Facts About America Conservatives Would Like You to Forget
December 26, 2016Conservatives opposed the Founding Fathers, the American Revolution and a lot of other righteous stuff as well.
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The U.S. Spends Hundreds of Billions on Crops That Make Us Unhealthy
December 26, 2016A new study finds that high consumption of commodity crops is linked with poor health outcomes.
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When Soldiers Come Home, Who Tends to Their Moral Injuries?
December 26, 2016Listening can help ease the transition home for veterans and ultimately heal us as a nation.
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The U.S. Doesn’t Even Crack the Top 10 on a Ranking of Social Progess
Added by kHilton December 15, 2016The ‘Social Progress Index’ shows global prosperity isn’t only about GDP.
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The Deportation System’s ‘Lock-up Quota’ Is Just As Bad as It Sounds
Added by kHilton December 15, 2016Law enforcement is in the business of dealing with insecurity. But the one thing that’s always secure about America’s law-enforcement system is the number of immigrants it imprisons each day.
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Report Says Putin was directly involved with Russian Interference in U.S. Election
Added by kHilton December 15, 2016The Russian president personally directed leaks of material hacked from Democrats, according to NBC.
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Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump
Added by kHilton December 14, 2016Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of government data onto independent servers in…
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The most well-known astrophysicist of our time discusses a dozen times he’s been racially profiled
Added by kHilton December 14, 2016With the exception of creationists and other anti-science groups, Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most recognizable and well-liked people on the planet.