News & Views | 04.16.14
Featured…
CEO Pay Soars, Workers Toil in Capitalism’s New Gilded Age
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/16-0
Headlines…
Jimmy Carter, Other Nobel Peace Laureates to Obama: Reject Keystone XL
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/16-5
Nation’s Boldest GMO Label Law Nears Passage in Vermont
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/16-2
‘Environmental Injustice’: Minorities Face Nearly 40% More Exposure to Toxic Air Pollution
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/16-3
$1,259: What Corporate Tax Dodgers Cost the Average Taxpayer
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/16-4
US Fracking Boom Creating Crisis of Illegal Toxic Dumping
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/16-9
Civilians Dead in US Bombing: Afghan Officials
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/16-1
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Video…
University of Maine Faculty Reinstated After Students Protest Against Cuts
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2014/04/16
IPCC Report Flawed By Narrow Focus on Carbon Emissions
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2014/04/16-0
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Views…
Michelle Chen: What the French E-mail Meme Reveals About America’s Runaway Culture of Work
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/16
Mark Weisbrot: Piketty in Washington: How to Reverse the Increasing Concentration of Wealth
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/16-0
Zoë Carpenter: The Tax Breaks That Are Killing the Planet
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/16-4
Robert Parry: Ukraine, Through the US Looking Glass
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/16-6
Jim Hightower: NSA Spying Is Here to Stay
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/16-3
Jeff Biggers: Which Side Are You on? Why This Student Sit-in Against Peabody Coal Matters
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/16-1
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Newswire…
Amazon Watch: Major Victory in Effort to Limit Oil Drilling in Ecuadorian Amazon
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/04/16-5
Center for Food Safety: Vermont Makes Huge Advance for your “Right to Know”
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/04/16-6
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Why Are Top Entergy Executives Selling Their Own Stock?
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/04/16-1
and more…