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A Critical Tool to Address Currency Manipulation and Stem Record-Setting Trade Deficits Has Been Shirked by the Trump Administration, a New Public Citizen Analysis Shows The Trump...

Note from Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Here is our initial 14-page analysis of the NAFTA 2.0 text, following up on the statement from Sunday night...

Has your heart been broken? It’s one of those tough experiences. Your world seemed to crumble and fall at first. But as the years turned into years, you slowly became okay. Then suddenly...

Many healing practices and spiritual ceremonies that are being practiced today by healing practitioners and metaphysical groups have been adopted from traditions that originated...

Sometimes, medications for ulcerative colitis do not adequately control the symptoms, and a person may need surgery. Learn about the types of procedure and what to expect...

Doctors do not usually consider ulcerative colitis (UC) to be a life-threatening condition, but it may increase a person’s risk of some serious complications. Learn more here...

By Stefania Costa 24 September 2018(Imazon) – In August 2018, SAD detected 545 square kilometers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, an increase of 199% in relation to August...

By John Aidan Byrne22 September 2018 (New York Post) – Ten years ago, it was too-easy credit that brought financial markets to their knees. Today, it could be a global debt of $247...

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said last week that illegal immigrants — who are not eligible to vote in elections — will be a part of Democrats’ promised...

An estimated 1,300 U.S. communities have lost news coverage as the newspaper industry continues on its downward spiral, according to a study by the University of North Carolina’s...

Odyssey Charter School teachers and staff voted and an overwhelming majority decided to join the Delaware State Education Association.  This is the second charter school in Delaware...

Typically after a blogger posts something about the Delaware Department of Education they act pretty fast in trying to get something website related fixed.  Not the case with their...

TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, Jennifer and Jack talk to Anand Giridharadas about his best-selling new book, Winners Take All: the Elite Charade of Changing the World...

TweetIn 1977—please don’t do the math!—I climbed aboard a school bus headed for a newly integrated school, part of an ambitious and court-ordered school desegregation experiment...

October 16, 2018 Safeguarding A Rules-based Trading System against America First Trade Economics by Dr. Mari Pangestu, Universitas Indonesia http://www.eastasiaforum.org...

  October 16, 2018 The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World Reviewed by: Francis P. Sempa https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/jungle-grows The “liberal...

Sometimes, medications for ulcerative colitis do not adequately control the symptoms, and a person may need surgery. Learn about the types of procedure and what to expect...

Doctors do not usually consider ulcerative colitis (UC) to be a life-threatening condition, but it may increase a person’s risk of some serious complications. Learn more here...

Four years ago, I posted But Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry One?, which showed a sharp increase in the % of parents who would be displeased if their son or daughter were to marry...

So now Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to the Supreme Court, duly sworn in – after weeks of sturm, drang and drama such as a reasonable person can hardly credit, of unproven accusations...

Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on October 16, 2018 by sundance Appearing on Fox News Carter Page discusses his lawsuit against the DNC and Perkins Coie [Story Here]; while...

Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on October 15, 2018 by sundance Perhaps a reset of sorts is in order to understand why and how the DOJ is covering-up the most damaging evidence...

On today's BradCast: If you think the way the Republican Party has rigged and stolen the U.S. Supreme Court is appalling, just wait until you see what they're trying to do of late at a...

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Large swaths of the Florida Panhandle still awaiting help after catastrophic Hurricane Michael; Michael was the fourth 'major' hurricane to make U.S. landfall...

The images of climate change are now part of daily broadcast news. News anchors finally dare to utter the words climate change. And politicians running for office are now aware that...

Over 50 citizens from across Canada will lobby for a liveable world on Parliament Hill October 13-16. This year’s lobbying of elected officials by Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada...

A truck carrying 24 penguins bound for the city zoo broke down on the highway. The trucker knew it would take some time to repair, so he flagged down a van and offered the driver fifty...

More than 10 million doctors from 114 countries urged all states to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during its recent meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland...

Rail-sized cask shipment of highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuelSo says an action alert by Public Citizen. Please help us generate a large number of quality public comments...

Nobody will expect the robot uprising when it happens, especially after Japanese-owned Boston Dynamics dazzles us with twerking, moonwalking robo-dogs of death designed to win...

Cash-rich oil exporter Saudi Arabia is always a sure thing for US companies. The recent controversy surrounding journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and apparent murder...

By Tomasz Witkowski. Out of 30 textbooks, there were just 3 mentions of Kuhnian paradigms.

By Emma Young. Children primed to think of themselves as "helpers" were more discouraged when things didn't go to plan.

Those passing through Adelaide’s Rundle Mall may be stymied to see four pigs hogging the pedestrian walkway, but Marguerite Derricourt’s sculpture “A Day Out” has provided...

Fujisan bread is a globe-trotting pastry of mystery. Named after Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest peak, the fluffy bread mountain blends a Japanese dough-making method with French...

Expectant cats.

This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Ben Chu reports on the conclusion from the chief economist of the Bank of England that decreased unionization in the UK is responsible for reducing...