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Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back
Wednesday-la-Rocha!
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65-foot crack discovered in Wanapum Dam on Columbia River a ‘serious problem’
A massive crack in a major Columbia River dam poses enough of a risk of dam failure that Grant County authorities have activated an emergency-response plan.
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Wireless electricity? It's here
Katie Hall was shocked the second she saw it: a light-bulb glowing in middle of a room with no wires attached.
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Experts Scrutinize US Power Grid's Vulnerability to Severe Weather
Experts across the nation are searching for plausible solutions to the defects of the nation's over-stressed and antiquated power system before severe weather season takes full rein.
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The Awe-Inspiring Power of Baroque Churches
Looking at the gorgeous, dramatic images of Baroque churches in Cyril Porchet’s series, “Seduction,” you might mistake the photographer for a religious man. But Porchet is more interested in the power they represent than the religious ideology.
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The Allure of Dark Tourism
The French photographer Ambroise Tézenas travelled the world to document sightseers at Auschwitz, Chernobyl, and other disaster sites.
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A War Well Lost
Sam Harris and Johann Hari discuss the “war on drugs”
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Can civilisation reboot without fossil fuels?
It took a lot of fossil fuels to forge our industrial world. Now they're almost gone. Could we do it again without them?
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Monsters Together
In the vast literature about Stalin and Hitler during World War II, little is said about their being allies for twenty-two months. That is more than an odd chapter in the history of that war, and its meaning deserves more attention than it has received. By John Lukacs
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The Kickback That Killed Brazil
Itaboraí was once a petro-boomtown; it’s now an empty shell. How the Petrobras mega-scandal is destroying ordinary lives and bringing down the rich and powerful.
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How Israel Hid Its Secret Nuclear Weapons Program
Newly declassified documents show how Israel blocked U.S. efforts to uncover its secret nuclear reactor.
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The Moral Questions Raised by the Rise of Maker Culture
Thinking through the consequences of the proliferation of powerful tools and technologies.
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The Clock Didn’t Start With the Riots
Black people in Baltimore are subjected to violence all the time. By Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Who is writing the TPP?
By Elizabeth Warren and Rosa Delauro
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While Ruling NSA Program Illegal, Appeals Court Suggests Path Forward
A recent federal appeals court ruling on the NSA's domestic surveillance program seems to be sending the political branches constitutional messages about how to proceed next.
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How to Take Over a Small Country in 10 Easy Steps
Mercenaries are back! After a three-century hiatus, sensible people are once again realizing that renting an army is cheaper than owning one...
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Could Fast Track Ultimately Destroy Dodd-Frank? (Yes)
The White House has been going hard against Elizabeth Warren for making this claim—but she’s right.
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The Section 215 Wrecking Ball
Congress has two weeks to decide whether to allow a key part of the Patriot Act to expire. By Amy Davidson.
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Influence peddlers seem to know more about the Trans-Pacific Partnership than Congress
The restrictions the Obama administration has placed on members of Congress wishing to peruse the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a managed trade agreement among the United States and 11 other countries, are something of a shock in a democratic republic. Lawmakers can bring staff, but...
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Egypt’s nexus of politics and sexual violence
A new human rights report accuses Egyptian authorities of using sexual violence as a political tool, and highlights the failure of the political system, writes Imogen Lambert.
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