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Growth is Not Enough: What Should Economies Be Aimed At?

Economist Kate Raworth explains why wealth cannot be achieved by national economies that are aimed only at growth.

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Hillary Clinton’s Decision to Not Back Renewal of Glass-Steagall is a Big Mistake

Hillary Clinton won’t propose reinstating a bank break-up law known as the Glass-Steagall Act.

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A Portrait of the Oregon Coast Through the Eyes of Those Who Live There

Why do so many people consider the Oregon coast to be not just special, but sacred?

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Making the Cut: Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters Even More Than You Know

The complication rates of nearly 17,000 surgeons nationwide.

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The Choice Ahead: A Private Health Insurance Monopoly or a Single Payer

If we continue in the direction we’re headed we’ll soon have a health insurance system dominated by two or three mammoth for-profit corporations capable of squeezing employees and consumers for all they’re worth.

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Bumbling Toward Extinction: Bees May Go Extinct Rather than Move North

As the climate warms, bumblebee species are being crushed as the ‘climate vice’ compresses their geographical ranges.

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As Above, So Below: Antarctica Ice Melting from Geothermal Heat, Too

Glaciologists drill deep into Antarctica and find that the ice is in a kind of panini press of heat from above and below.

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How to Disrupt the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

President Dwight Eisenhower warned of the dangers of an unbridled “military-industrial complex,” as he called it. Now it’s a military-industrial-congressional complex. After Citizens United, it’s less bridled than ever.

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Fighting Economic Apartheid in America

We must stop economic apartheid in America.

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Eat & Drink

From App Design to Farming: Training the Next Generation of American Farmers

The new Mendocino, California-based Grange Farm School offers an affordable, 3-month training program for aspiring farmers (ahem, sodbusters).