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- ‘Economic Policy’ Is a Propaganda Facade to Extract Wealth From the People
- ‘POOR Magazine’ Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement
- ‘Public Trust’—A Key Legal Tool for People to Protect the Planet
- ‘Sacrifice Zones’: The New ‘Jim Crow’ That’s Sickening and Killing People of Color
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- 1,3-Dichloropropene: The Dangerous, Sweet-Smelling Pesticide You’ve Never Heard Of
- 7 Ways You Can Address the Plastic Crisis Without Relying on Recycling
- 8 Billion Humans? Population Is a Difficult Conversation, But Let's Have One
- 10 Reasons Why Hydropower Isn’t a Climate Solution
- 21 Ways to Divest from the War Economy
- 21st Century Capitalism Explainer
- 600 Million Metric Tons of Plastic May Fill Oceans by 2036
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- A Historical Case for Why the EU Could Endure for More Than 1,000 Years
- A Lesson of Coronavirus: Hunting Wildlife Can Be Deadly
- A Quick Guide to Creating a Wildlife Sanctuary in Your Own Backyard
- Advances in Archaeology Allow Us to Understand Political Evolution and Social Change in Deep Time
- Air Pollution Is Killing Millions and Rising Exponentially—A Shift in Agriculture Can Solve It
- An Ancient Recipe for Social Success
- Animal-Free Agriculture Is Key to Restoring Biodiversity
- Archaeology Is Flipping the Script on What We Know About Ancient Mesoamerica
- Are Community Schools the Last, Best Shot at Addressing Education Inequity?
- Are Plant-Eaters Smarter and More Empathetic Than Meat-Eaters?
- Are Western Oligarchies a Long Detour of Civilization?
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- Can You Reset Your Biological Age to Live a Longer, Healthier Life?
- Capitalism’s Unequal Distribution Deprives You of True Freedom
- Carbon Capture Is a Potential Weapon Against Climate Change
- Carbon Farming: A Sustainable Agriculture Technique That Keeps Soil Healthy and Combats Climate Change
- Climate Change Is Boosting Plant Pollens and Human Seasonal Allergies
- Coins and Temples in the Ancient World
- Community in Motion
- Community Schools Can Revitalize the Neighborhoods Around Them
- Community Schools Were Succeeding in Oakland, But the District Shut Them Down Anyway
- Corporations Are Turning Public Schools Into Their Workforce Training ‘Pipelines’
- Costa Rica: The New Grand Tour
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- Damming Rivers Is Terrible for Human Rights, Ecosystems and Food Security
- Debt Forgiveness in the Bronze Age
- Debt in Ancient Greece
- Discarding Old Theories on the Path to Finding the First Humans Outside Africa
- Do Grandmothers Hold the Key to Understanding Human Evolution?
- Don’t Fall for the Fake Minimum Wage Debate
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- Facing a Surge in Wildfires, the U.S. Government Turned to Native Wisdom and Advanced Archaeology
- Financial Fraud, Malfeasance, and Ineptitude Plague Federal Government Charter Schools Program
- Finding the Roots of Religion in Human Prehistory
- Food Companies Intentionally Make Their Products Addictive, and It’s Leading to Chronic Diseases
- Free Market Ideology Compared to the Principles of Near Eastern Rulership
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- Have Nonprofits Misled Supporters by Hiding Unsustainable Growth Policies?
- The History of the Standard Oil Company
- Home Improvement Through Community Land Trusts
- How a 20th-Century Family Planning Agenda Fueled the Climate Crisis
- How Artificial Intelligence Challenges the Concept of Authorship
- How Artists Stand on the Front Lines of Political Resistance in America
- How Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis
- How Billionaire Charter School Funders Corrupted the School Leadership Pipeline
- How Bioenergy Causes Air Pollution
- How California’s Farmers and Ranchers Could Lead the Way to Climate Resilience
- How Can We Understand the Passage of Time?
- How Capitalism’s Defenders and Propagandists Defend It From Criticism
- How Cities Around the World Are Adapting to Better Food Systems
- How Elite Infighting Made the Magna Carta
- How Factory Farms Pollute the Environment and Poison Drinking Water
- How Land Use Is a Tool for Solving Climate Change
- How Long Has Humanity Been at War With Itself?
- How Making Space for Grief Can Promote Community Healing
- How Media Companies Can Meet Their Climate Commitments—and How Readers Can Help
- How One Podcast Provides a Platform for Those Putting the Planet and People Over Profit
- How People Are Fighting the World’s Reliance on the War Economy
- How Prehistoric Humans Discovered Fire Making
- How Pseudo-Archaeology and Phony Alt-History Rose to Popularity in the U.S.
- How Science Fiction Can Inspire Environmentalism and Climate Action
- How Sustainable Next-Gen Materials Can Create a More Ethical Consumer Market
- How Teachers and Organizers Challenged the First U.S. Education Savings Account Voucher Program
- How the Acequia Ancient Irrigation Method Makes Sustainable Life Possible in the U.S. Southwest
- How the Bayh-Dole Act Wrested Public Science From the People’s Hands
- How the Camp Lejeune Justice Act 2022 Can Help Veterans Impacted by Toxic Exposure
- How the Constitution Fails to Protect the Environment
- How the Crusades Shaped Finance in the West
- How the Food Industry Uses Big Tobacco’s Playbook
- How Three New Museums Are Teaching the World About a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Origins
- How to Decode Humane Food Labels at the Supermarket
- How to Localize Our Food Systems
- How to Make Recyclable Plastics Out of CO2 to Slow Climate Change
- How to Solve the Big Problems That Small Family Farms Are Facing
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun, Too)
- How We Can Protect the Air Despite the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision
- Human Overpopulation Is a Key Driver Behind Some of Humanity’s Biggest Challenges
- Humanity’s Main Environmental Problem Is Consumption—Climate Change Is a Byproduct
- Hyperprosociality: A Compelling Theory to Explain a Key Trait of Modern Humans
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- Indigenous Land Management Practices Are a Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
- Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Profit Company
- Investigation Exposes Animal Abuse at U.S. Supplier to World’s Largest Meat Company
- Is ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ Possible?
- Is ‘The Daily Show’ a Fool or a Tool of War?
- Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy Attainable?
- Is Eating Locally and in Season Actually Better for the Environment?
- Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public?
- Is Wastewater an Answer for Adapting to Climate Change?
- It’s Not Just Ideology: Why the U.S. Is Hard-Wired to Be Hostile to Autocratic Regimes
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- Mainstream Ideology Defends Creditor Claims Over the Indebted Economy
- Make a Difference by Volunteering for the Observatory
- Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future From Climate Change-Related Storms
- Medicine Residue Is Everywhere in Our Rivers and Lakes—and Fish Are Behaving Strangely
- Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the First Person to Understand Climate Change—More Than Two Centuries Ago
- Methane: The Forgotten Climate Change Driver That’s Poisoning Frontline Communities
- Modern (Mis)interpretations of Clean Slates
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- Obscene Wealth Is a Social Problem
- On Primate Research, the U.S. Is ‘Out of Step’ With the Rest of the World
- Our Ancient Relationship With Red Ocher and the Color of Cognition
- Our Food System Is the Bullseye for Solving the World’s Climate Challenges
- Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities
- Our World Is in a Multifront Crisis—It’s Time to Cultivate a Local Peace Economy
- Outdated Narratives Have Humanity in a Downward Spiral—It’s Time to Tell ‘Stories for Life’
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- Palm Oil in Common Household Products Is Destroying the World’s ‘Orangutan Capital’
- Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home Right Now
- Parallels Between Archaic Entrepots and Modern Offshore Banking Centers
- Perceptions of Social Dominance and How to Change Them
- Philadelphia Homeless Residents’ Unprecedented Grassroots Housing Victory
- The Philosophy of Fichte in Its Relation to Pragmatism
- Plastic Pollution Is a Crime Against People and the Planet
- Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires
- Populist Climate Action Requires Thinking About Freedom From Specific Oppressors—Not Just Species Survival
- Prepared Learning: What Are Humans Hard-Wired for at Birth?
- Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation
- Property and Debt in Ancient Rome
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- Sanitation in Namibia Is a Catastrophe for Its People and Environment
- The Science of Twins and the Human Fascination With Them
- The Shame of the Cities
- Should Harming Mother Earth Be a Crime? The Case for Ecocide Laws
- Should Humans Try to Modify the Amount of Sunlight the Earth Receives?
- Six Questions for a World That Seems to Be Losing Interest in Democracy
- Smothered by Riches: A History of the Corporate Takeover That Came After the Powell Memo
- Socialist or Capitalist—What Is China’s Model, Exactly?
- Some Myths Regarding the Genesis of Enterprise
- Sustainability Is Not as New an Idea as You Might Think—It’s More Than 300 Years Old
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- Telling The ‘Untold’ Stories Of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, And Hopes—In Gaza And Beyond
- Ten Days in a Mad-House
- Ten Grim Climate Scenarios When Global Temperatures Rise Above 1.5 Degrees Celsius
- Terms That Are Frequently Used to Describe Capitalism Simply Don’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny
- The Activist Success Story Behind the Biggest Dam Removal Deal In U.S. History
- The Adaptive Value of Teenagers: How Peer Learning Contributes to Primate Success
- The Ancient Patterns of Migration
- The Animal Feed Industry’s Impact on the Planet
- The Case for Protecting the Tongass National Forest, America’s ‘Last Climate Sanctuary’
- The Centers of Global Capitalism Are Migrating Away From the U.S., Europe and Japan
- The Community Schools Model
- The Cradle of Humanity
- The Dairy Industry Is Determined to Pour Itself Down Our Throats
- The Danger of Releasing Genetically Modified Trees Into the Wild
- The Different Ways That the U.S. and Chinese Governments Use Their Power to Regulate Capitalism
- The Double Edge Theater’s Project to ‘Rematriate Land’
- The Evolution of the Human Pair Bond
- The Function of the University in a Time of Crisis
- The Global Push for Population Growth Shows We’re Not Grappling With the Climate Crisis
- The Growing Movement to Bring Back Community Grief and Ritual
- The Humble Carrot’s Colorful History
- The Impact of Plastic on Human Health
- The Inspiring Movement to Build for Climate Resiliency
- The Internet Is a Major Environmental Problem
- The Legacy of Betsy DeVos on Public Education
- The Mesopotamian Origin of Debt
- The Monetary Role of Silver in Sumer
- The Mystery of the Missing Apes Who Came Before Humans
- The New Cold War and the Risk of Nuclear Annihilation
- The Nuclear Energy Dilemma: Climate Savior or Existential Threat?
- The Palm Oil Industry Is Pushing Critically Endangered Elephants to Extinction
- The Potential Impact of Wireless Technology on Wildlife
- The Renewable Energy Transition Is Failing
- The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act Decision Threatens the Nation’s Rivers
- The Terrible True Cost of Milk, Cheese, Butter, and Ice Cream
- The Truth About Markets, Pillar of Capitalist Ideology
- The U.S. Is Borrowing Its Way to Fascism
- The Undemocratic Reality of Capitalism
- The World’s Coffee Shops Have Emerged as Plant Milk’s Front Line
- There Are Better Ways for Societies to Address Inflation Than by Hiking Interest Rates
- These U.S. Banks Are Financing Climate Chaos Through Fossil Fuel Expansion
- Time Is the New Money
