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Here’s why close collaboration between NSA and AT&T matters
August 20, 2015New disclosures about the NSA's partnership with AT&T could reignite constitutional challenges to the spy agency's efforts to wiretap the Internet.
Read moreOSHA proposes cutting worker exposure to beryllium by 90 percent
August 19, 2015Beryllium is a heavy metal whose inhalation causes a chronic lung disease and may lead to lung cancer.
Read moreMine waste spill fouls water in Colorado and New Mexico
August 11, 2015The latest ecological disaster left the Animas River a sickly color, after an accident on Aug. 5 sent at least three million gallons of mine waste gushing into the water.
Read moreDissident journalists persecuted in Mexico
August 10, 2015Ruben Espinosa was evidently on a special list because of his photojournalism activities, including the investigation of a previous murder of a journalist.
Read moreToday in labor history: Reagan fires air traffic controllers
August 5, 2015"After 1981, Reagan and his followers willingly donned the mantle of union-busters." The firing of air traffic controllers was just the beginning.
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