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The NAFTA 2.0 text that is being signed contains some improvements that progressives have long demanded, some damaging terms we have long opposed and some important unfinished business...

Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch A lot of corporate lobbyists and congressional Republicans were downright scornful of U.S. Trade Representative...

Our ancestors also tried decoding the meaning of a dream. It is often believed that the decisions of our lives and things that we want to see manifest into a dream. Our ancestors also...

I have had great results practicing inner fire and it has been one of my main meditation practices for over 10 years. The title is not click bait, the instructions I am about to share with...

A fever may be one of the initial symptoms of an acute HIV infection soon after exposure to the virus. In this article, learn about an HIV fever and other early symptoms...

Multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia both involve the nervous system, and they can cause similar symptoms, such as pain and fatigue. However, there are crucial differences. Here...

 By Jonathan Pearlman28 November 2018SYDNEY, Australia (The Telegraph) – Authorities ordered more than 10,000 people to flee from “catastrophic” wildfires moving across...

By Frank Jordans And Monika Scislowska28 November 2018KATOWICE, Poland (AP) – Three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris, world leaders are gathering again...

Julian Assange is not guilty of any crime. But Washington is going to convict him anyway. Documents are being fabricated to show that Assange met inside the Ecuadoran Embassy in London...

Chinese manufacturers are feeling the pinch of President Donald Trump’s tariffs as U.S. retailers continue to slash orders and cut down on price.

I spent the other night watching one of my favorite Christmas movies, “Love Actually”.  If you haven’t seen the Richard Curtis romance, I highly recommend it.  That, along...

Enough is enough already.  This guy has been walking around since the 1990s with fraud and abuse of taxpayer funds in his rearview mirror as he walks around like he is the Al Capone of...

TweetThe latest episode of Have You Heard is inspired by a brand new, and must read book: Ghosts in the Schoolyard, by sociologist Eve Ewing. Ghosts excavates the long backstory...

TweetPerhaps no issue is as deserving of ‘zombie’ status in the great education debates as schools of education and their myriad failures. [Insert specific criticism here]...

November 29,2018 Euphemisms in geopolitics   by Shariifah Munirah Alatas http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com International relations is premised on a handful of theoretical...

November 29, 2018 People are not born lazy   Opinion  |  by Fa Abdul https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/453766   COMMENT | If you are poor, does it automatically make you...

A fever may be one of the initial symptoms of an acute HIV infection soon after exposure to the virus. In this article, learn about an HIV fever and other early symptoms...

Multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia both involve the nervous system, and they can cause similar symptoms, such as pain and fatigue. However, there are crucial differences. Here...

Dan Bongino is a former Secret Service agent who is prominent commentator on Fox News. His presentation at the David Horowitz meeting is worth watching. He has a book out and I have ordered...

Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 28, 2018 by sundance The New York Post has an article today, surrounding an interview with President Trump, where the topic...

Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on November 28, 2018 by sundance Outgoing U.S. Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona has given the American electorate the big middle finger...

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The world is not doing nearly enough to cut emissions, warns new U.N. report; Amazon's new headquarters in Queens, NY will be hit with rising seas; House Democrats...

On today's BradCast: Even as final results are still being determined from this year's midterms, the Democratic Caucus in the U.S. House prepared for its new majority with leadership...

Beyond Nuclear is requesting that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) convene a public hearing and legal intervention into Exelon Generation’s application to extend...

The Woolsey fire in California was 100% contained as of November 21 after burning for nearly two weeks. In the wake of the Woolsey fire, people in areas surrounding the contaminated...

The secrecy surrounding the work was unheard of at Google. It was not unusual for planned new products to be closely guarded ahead of launch. But this time was different. The objective...

In 2015 the British Guardian appointed Katherine Viner as editor in chief. Under her lead the paper took a new direction. While it earlier made attempts to balance its shoddier...

By Christian Jarrett. The researchers said basing interventions on the idea of post-traumatic growth is worrisome.

By Christian Jarrett. Your mere presence and sympathy are likely to be enough, the researchers said.

The shores of Yeak Laom Lake form an almost perfect circle. And though the lake has a small circumference, it’s just shy of 160 feet (about 48 meters) deep. Its shape and depth are due...

The rabbit had looked better. Two days dead, it was swollen and rank, and riddled with holes to let gases escape. Five days later, it swarmed with beetles. Its head had exploded, and...

This and that for your Thursday reading.- Trish Hennessy discusses the connection between child care deserts and child poverty, while pointing out the importance of eradicating...

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- In the wake of GM's abandonment of Oshawa, David Olive suggests that it's time for Canada to work on developing its own signature...