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How Fishing Subsidies are Emptying our Oceans

Fish numbers are rapidly dwindling globally.

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University of Washington Robbed of Files Implicating CIA in Crimes

The files stolen from UW were part of a lawsuit alleging a CIA cover-up of civilian killings in El Salvador.

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The 4 Big Lies About Immigrants, and The Truth

Donald Trump has opened the floodgates to lies about immigration. Here are the myths, and the facts.

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Out of Control Rents? Thank Airbnb.

The company facilitates landlord conversion of entire rental buildings to de facto hotels.

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The Morality of a $15 Minimum

Over the years, America has decided that certain kinds of jobs – jobs that were done by children, or were unsafe, or required people to work too many hours, or below poverty wages – offend our sense of decency.

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Meet Doc Savage, the Most Famous Superhero You’ve Never Heard Of

To many, he is the greatest superhero to ever appear in comics, radio, television and film. Today he’s largely forgotten.

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Out of Control Inequality: Global One Percent Owns Half of World’s Wealth

New Credit Suisse report shows worldwide inequality growing even faster than experts had predicted.

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Who’s Suing to Stop the Clean Power Plan, and What’s Their Beef?

A handy guide to the groups trying to overturn the Clean Power Plan, along with a reminder of their arguments and a summary of how the cases will proceed.

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Graduation

What do you want to do when you graduate?

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How Does El Niño Warm the Entire Globe?

Hop aboard the great steam engine called El Niño.