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Winds of change blow strong in Cuban colleges

August 20, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Many regard Cuba's success in making education accessible and socially useful to have been a prime achievement of the Cuban Revolution.

German wind farm delayed over possible danger to porpoises

August 17, 2012 By Blake Skylar

The 230,000-plus porpoises (and dolphins) in the North and Baltic seas use sound to navigate, locate prey, and find mating partners. Interference with that could, indeed, effectively kill them.

Federal union protests GOP Ryan: He hustles for the 1%

August 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

AFGE elected Secretary-Treasurer J. David Cox, a VA hospital worker from North Carolina, as their new president on August 15 at the union's convention in Las Vegas.

Mutated butterflies: Fukushima aftermath continues

August 17, 2012 By Blake Skylar

For those who continue to argue that nuclear energy is both feasible and safe, protesters may have a new, compelling argument: "Tell that to the butterflies."

Voters say bring back call center jobs

August 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The Communications Workers are launching a campaign in 50 legislative races nationwide around the issues of offshore call centers and bringing the jobs back to the U.S.