The only way to end the abuses of Facebook and others is to flatly prohibit the commercial packaging and sale of our private data.
Energy and the Environment
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Who Was Marjory Stoneman Douglas?
The namesake of the high school where 17 people were killed was a remarkable progressive activist—much like the students now demanding real gun control.
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How Neglect of Puerto Rico Sparked a National IV Bag Shortage
Hurricane Maria inflicted severe damage on Puerto Rican manufacturing plants that make the plastic bags that medical facilities need to administer drugs.
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What Cities Can Learn from Houston Metro’s Hurricane Harvey Experience
The city’s bus and light rail network got through Harvey mostly unscathed because officials improvised—and learned lessons from previous storms.
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Boston’s Rendezvous with Climate Destiny
A coastal winter storm shows one of America’s oldest cities what sea-level rise really means.
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A Climate Policy for the People
To counter the entrenched power of the fossil fuel industry, America needs a popular, mass climate movement.
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Slip Sliding Away on Nantucket
Year-round residents and wealthy summer visitors lock horns over housing and fighting erosion on an island off the coast of Massachusetts.
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California Wildfires Stoke Need to Concentrate on Climate Change, Public Health
Northern California has been battling wildfires since early October, which have burned almost 250,000 acres, killed 42 people, displaced 100,000 residents, and destroyed thousands of homes. The hardest-hit areas have been Napa and Sonoma counties, the epicenter of the U.S. wine industry, and Santa Rosa, a town of 175,000 50 miles north of San Francisco. […]
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Facebook Fiasco
Facebook has raked in money on political ads and amassed vast power in the public square, but has been slow to act transparently and responsibly.
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In Hurricane Season, Underwater and Behind Bars
The poor, the old, and the disabled seldom seek shelter—because they can’t. And often no one evacuates inmates.
