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Environment
September 29, 2018 | Kirsty Vitarelli
Tags: bees, Monsanto, pollination, Roundup

Monsanto’s Roundup Harms Bees, Report Confirms

Roundup has recently been proven to annihilate bees — pollinators essential to food production. Add it to the list of practices that have been killing them for 70 years.

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Podcast
September 28, 2018 | Jeff Schechtman
Tags: #MeToo, fraternities, John Hechinger, sexual abuse

Kavanaugh and #MeToo Raise New Questions About Youth Drinking Culture

Fraternities, one of the earliest manifestations of male privilege, remain training grounds for drinking and sexual abuse in a changing era.

Espionage
Threats to Democracy
September 27, 2018 | Bryan Smith
Tags: Espionage Act, whistleblowers

The Espionage Act Has Become an Abusive Censorship Tool

The Espionage Act was passed to deter spies who might pass on classified information to foreign governments. But lately it’s been used as a weapon against homegrown whistleblowers, whose intention was not espionage but exposing government waste, fraud, and abuse.

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Election Integrity
September 26, 2018 | Nina Sparling
Tags: midterms, voter fraud, voter suppression

Deep Partisan, Racial Divides Reflected in Concerns Over Elections

New polling shows that Americans’ confidence in the integrity and efficacy of elections is badly shaken — but their reasons for being distrustful reveal the deep partisan divide that splits the country.

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Election Integrity
September 25, 2018 | WhoWhatWhy Staff
Tags: midterms, voter registration

Time Is Running Out to Register to Vote

Today is National Voter Registration Day. Please make sure you are registered to vote in your county — your democracy depends on it.

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Podcast
September 24, 2018 | Peter B. Collins
Tags: immigration, Jacqueline Bhabha, migration, Refugees, Rohingya

Migration Expert Slams ‘Barbarity’ of Trump Policies

Global migration is a huge problem. In order for nations to deal with it effectively and humanely, its root causes and historical lineage must be understood.

John Roberts, Supreme Court
US Politics
September 23, 2018 | Klaus Marre and DonkeyHotey
Tags: racism, voter suppression

Voter Suppression Is Government-Sponsored Racism

Voter suppression laws appear as wolves in sheeps’ clothing — cost-saving, preventing in-person voter fraud, securing elections. They’re never cast as what they really are — ugly manifestations of racism.

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Energy
September 22, 2018 | Kirsty Vitarelli
Tags: Disaster Preparedness, infrastructure, Massachusetts

Mass. Gas Grid Blows Up, and Answers Are Elusive

A buildup of pressure is the accepted cause of horrific gas line explosions in three Boston suburbs last week, but officials remain uncertain of what created that danger in the first place.

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Podcast
September 21, 2018 | Jeff Schechtman
Tags: Donald Trump, Fascism, Jason Stanley, racism

Is America Now a Fascist Country?

A look at how a country filled with sexism, racism, nostalgia, and class division is ripe for fascist politics to take over via seemingly democratic means.

John Lewis
Election Integrity
September 20, 2018 | Nina Sparling
Tags: civil rights, racism, voting rights

It’s Official: Minority Voters Face Constant Discrimination

A bipartisan federal government commission has weighed in on the state of minority voter discrimination. Its conclusions are not pretty.

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WTF
September 19, 2018 | Milicent Cranor
Tags: Donald Trump, James Comey, John Brennan

Drunk With Power — Quotations and Context for the Trump Era

Power, corruption, deception — and why it works.

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