America Gone Wrong: A Slashed Safety Net Turns Libraries into Homeless Shelters
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Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
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DrugReporter:
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Beth Schwartzapfel
Environment:
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Joss Garman
Food:
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Rebecca Solnit
Health and Wellness:
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Immigration:
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Seth Hoy
Media and Technology:
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Movie Mix:
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Politics:
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Kirk Nielsen
Reproductive Justice and Gender:
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Claire Keyes
Rights and Liberties:
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Paul Craig Roberts
Sex and Relationships:
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Take Action:
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Water:
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Dan Bacher
World:
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Chip Ward recently retired as the assistant director of the Salt Lake City Public Library System to devote more time to political activism and writing. He's the author of Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land.
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