President Barack Obama has called runaway income inequality the “defining issue of our time.” The disparity between exploding corporate profits and stagnating paychecks fueled Bernie … 100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million AmericansRead more
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Hanford won’t be clean for thousands of years
Some radioactive contaminants at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation will threaten the Columbia River for thousands of years, a new analysis projects, despite the multibillion-dollar cleanup … Hanford won’t be clean for thousands of yearsRead more
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Leaders call for tritium probe
Results from monitoring wells contaminated with radioactive tritium from the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor continued to trend upward Wednesday, the Department of Health said Wednesday. … Leaders call for tritium probeRead more
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Minority Death Match
The World Conference Against Racism was held in Geneva this past April, a follow-up to the first racism conference in Durban, South Africa that took … Minority Death MatchRead more
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Nuclear Power Regaining Favor Amid Recession, Climate Concerns
The Obama administration may soon guarantee as much as $18.5 billion in loans to build nuclear reactors to generate electricity, and Congress is considering whether … Nuclear Power Regaining Favor Amid Recession, Climate ConcernsRead more
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One hand takes away; the other one gives
the Obama administration formally cut more than $30 million in aid to Honduras and suggested it will not recognize the Honduran elections scheduled for November … One hand takes away; the other one givesRead more