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Why Do Circus Elephants Get All the Sympathy?
Ringling Bros.' decision to retire its elephants has been met with near-universal approval. Why do far fewer people care about the animals being slaughtered on a daily basis?
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Science Fairs Aren't So Fair
These K-12 events are hardly more than a competition among over-involved parents.
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Nemtsov killing exposes cracks in Kremlin unity
The killing of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin has exposed rarely seen tensions between different camps inside President Vladimir Putin's system of rule.
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Mistrust and meddling unsettles US science agency
National Science Foundation under pressure from lawmakers to revise its agenda.
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How Fast is China Growing? Global Recession at Hand
By Mike Shedlock
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Bill C-51 committee hears monologues, but few questions
In the first hour of testimony at Thursday’s review of the government’s anti-terrorism bill, Conservative MPs posed only one question:
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The Problem Is Bigger Than Ferguson
Housecleaning among the town’s political leadership is necessary, but bigoted practices are not limited to that troubled municipality.
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The State of Marijuana
A conversation with a prominent thinker on the evolving law — and business — of pot.
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Broken on the Wheel
A gruesome legal case turned Voltaire into a crusader for the innocent. By Ken Armstrong for The Marshall Project.
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The American Story Is a Mystery Only to Economists
The only mystery is why everyone persists in talking about a recovery.
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As “Right To Work” becomes law in Wisconsin, a reminder of its inventor’s racist past
"Wisconsin is historically one of the most pro-union, progressive states, home to the legendary 'Fighting Bob' LaFollette, and the only community-owned nonprofit NFL football team— so gutting unions in labor’s historical heartland is like what Russian homicide detectives call a 'control shot' — the point-blank bullet to the head that makes sure the bleeding target on the ground never breathes again." By Mark Ames.
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Will China use big data as a tool of the state?
Since imperial times Chinese governments have yearned for a perfect surveillance state. Will big data now deliver it?
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Why We Need Free Digital Hardware Designs
The concept we need is that of a free hardware design that permits users to use the design and to copy and redistribute it, with or without changes. By RIchard Stallman
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Canadians Come Together To Protest Anti-Terror Bill
Thousands of Canadians came together to loudly denounce the Conservative government's proposed anti-terror legislation in rallies held across the country on Saturday.In a park in Montreal's north end, a few dozen of...
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Only Less Will Do
Richard Heinberg
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An Indiana jury says Purvi Patel should go to prison for what she says was a miscarriage
There’s a lot that’s still confusing about the case of Purvi Patel. But one thing is clear: The 33-year-old from South Bend, Indiana, is facing up to 70 years in prison as the first pregnant woman to be convicted under Indiana’s “feticide” law.
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Hillary Clinton Is Turning Into Richard Nixon and Bill Belichick
About Emailgate? She's on to Cincinnati. By Matt Taibbi
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Why This State Representative Revealed Her Sexual Assault While Testifying on an Abortion Bill
By Robin Marty with Arizona Rep. Victoria Steele.
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U.S. Net Neutrality Has a Massive Copyright Loophole
After years of debating U.S. Internet subscribers now have Government regulated Net Neutrality. A huge step forward according to some, but the full order released a few days ago reveals some worrying caveats. While the rules prevent paid prioritization, they do very little to prevent BitTorrent blocking, the very issue that got the net neutrality debate started.
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The Intercept, Mass Surveillance and the State
Like a proud father CIA director John Brennan has announced that he’s creating a new directorate to conduct cyberespionage. Never mind all those classified documents published recently by the Intercept which prove that the CIA has been active in the cyber domain for years. While it goes without saying that the CIA’s subversion campaign is unsettling what’s equally thought-provoking is the manner in which the Intercept frames the involvement of the private sector... By Bill Blunden
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