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Who’ll take San Onofre’s nuclear trash?
June 8, 2017To paraphrase Carl Sagan, we know who speaks for the nuclear industry. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for the Earth?
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Cuba’s National Assembly adjusts socialist model to a changing world
June 8, 2017The legislature has just met to discuss the renovation of Cuban socialism. Castro vows to "change everything that must be changed."
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions bans funding for environmental cleanups
June 8, 2017Sessions has banned all future settlements of pollution violation cases that include money for cleanup efforts managed by third-party organizations.
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Gay AFL-CIO labor activist details his personal journey to pride
June 7, 2017"As the nation marches for equality (on June 10 in Washington, D.C.), I will be there by choice....And that makes me really proud."
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Jimmy Gomez elected to Congress from downtown Los Angeles
June 7, 2017In this East L.A. district, 91 percent of the population are people of color. It is one of the poorest districts in the L.A. area, and the one that most benefited from Obamacare.
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