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		Senate Agrees: US People Can't Know Overseas Drone Death Toll by Jon Queally "At behest of intelligence chief, Senate removes 'modest' provision that would reveal number of people killed by US attacks overseas."
		How to Keep the Internet Open and Free by Bill Moyers & Michael Winship "Don’t let net neutrality become another broken promise by Obama."
		Demanding 'Just and Sustainable' Economy For All, Thousands March on Congress by Lauren McCauley "Protesters rally at Capitol building to call for increase to minimum wage and an end to corporate giveaways."
		Follow the Honey: 7 Ways Pesticide Companies Are Spinning the Bee Crisis by Michele Simon "If you like to eat, then you should care about what’s happening to bees."
		Latest Oil Train Derailment a 'Wake-up Call' for Renewable Energy by Andrea Germanos "Derailment of train carrying Bakken crude in Virginia 'a potent reminder of the dangers that come with our dependence on dirty fuel.'"
		To My Friend the Climate Defeatist: Here's Why I'm Still In the Fight by Jim Shultz "It is good to mourn for what's being lost. But giving up just gives the fossil fuel industry what it wants."
		Voices of Dissent Reject the US-Friendly Narrative on Ukraine by Jon Queally "When the US supports a government's overthrow that's 'freedom'— but when it objects, that's 'Russian aggression.'"
		The Crime of Peaceful Protest by Chris Hedges "The Occupy Wall Street movement was not only about battling back against the rise of a corporate oligarchy... It was also about our right to peaceful protest."
		Victory for Millions as High Court Rules Against Cross-State Pollution by Lauren McCauley "The EPA safeguards follow the simple principle that giant utility companies shouldn't be allowed to dump their dirty emissions onto residents of downwind states."
		The Working-Class Mini-Revolts of the Twenty-First Century by Jeremy Brecher "When those in power perpetuate unsustainability, the world can only be put on a sustainable basis when people take control of their own activity and support each other to resist the authority of those in power."
		Seeds of Freedom by Vandana Shiva "The threat to seed freedom impacts the very fabric of human life and the life of the planet."