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With the signing of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Nov. 30 as the migrant crisis at the border escalates, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement...

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...

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...

My name is Carrie Gale, and I am an Emmy-nominated graphic designer and writer. I also have bipolar II disorder. This is my story.

Researchers studying the connection between lipids and toxic protein levels have uncovered a new potential therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease.

By Damian Carrington4 December 2018 KATOWICE, Poland – Action to fight global warming is coming whether world leaders like it or not, school student Greta Thunberg has told the...

By Robyn Wuth30 November 2018(Australian Associated Press) – There is no relief in sight for Queensland's bushfire crisis as extreme heatwave conditions continue to grip the...

An increasing number of Americans believe that an economic downturn is coming, and they are taking actions consistent with that belief. As a result, they are actually helping to produce...

In New York (the state, not just the city) there’s a rather Orwellian gun bill on the table that would require would-be firearm purchasers to turn over 3 years of their social media...

Capital School District, located in Dover, DE, will be going out for a referendum next year to help build two new middle schools in the district.  Tomorrow night the district will...

This will be the 5th Christmas season I’ve posted on here.  I thought I would put up ALL the links to the crazy Christmas posts I’ve put up.  Some are from the heart and some are from...

TweetCan listening to the Beatles “When I’m 64” make you younger? In a word, no. But listening to the latest episode of Have You Heard will definitely make you smarter. Education...

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...

The ‘Next America’ How do we govern in the age that will begin with the 2020 election? By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist Dec. 4, 2018     CreditSteven Senne/Associated...

Ethics in Governance: The dethroning of our value system by Firoz Abdul Hamid “So I have just one wish for you – the good luck to be somewhere where you are free to maintain the kind...

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...

…on identity politics.  Interview with Mark Levin.  Highly recommended.  

A famous request from Adolf Hitler was also the tile of a book about the liberation of Paris in 1944, and might be a question about the riots of this week by the “Yellow Vests” There...

Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 4, 2018 by sundance U.N. Ambassador Nikki Halley was visiting President Donald Trump in the White House today, ahead of a report...

Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on December 4, 2018 by sundance The only remaining FBI counterintelligence official at the center of all spygate and Clinton investigation...

On today's BradCast: The GOP's utter contempt for democracy and voters is now on full display in several states where things did not go well for the party during the November midterms...

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: G20 meeting ends with separate statement on climate change for Trump and the U.S.; Only one G20 nation on track to reduce emissions; A warning for a "world at...

Un Special Rapporteur, Baskut Tuncak, who has already criticized Japan's treatment of Fukushima "cleanup" workers, has urged Japan not to force Fukushima evacuees back to the accident...

"How many times have you heard people say ‘I would much rather not have nuclear power but we need it to combat climate change’?" asks British activist, Linda Walker. She writes...

The New York City Police Department announced its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program on Tuesday. Licensed NYPD officers of the Technical Assistance Response Unit will operate...

A top UK lawmaker said on Wednesday that Facebook maintained secretive "whitelisting agreements" with select companies that would give them preferential access to vast amounts...

By Jesse Singal. A new review aims to move on from past controversies but experts can't even agree on what they're arguing about.

By Christian Jarrett. Perhaps the most important lesson from this review is that we need more research into how different types and intensities of exercise affect our mood...

Around Christmas and New Year's Eve, Welsh families might find themselves challenged by a decorated horse skull waiting for them on their doorstep. Adorned in colorful ribbons and...

In the sun-baked foothills of La Pedriza National park looms a magnificent castle that has not lost its pomp or grandeur despite the ravages of time.  This 500-year-old castle was...

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Noah Smith writes that for all the recognition of poverty and precarity in the U.S., it may be home to even more material insecurity...

Indoor cats.