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Author: Erik Loomis

Too often, including in the comments at this blog, the idea that labor unions and environmentalists have irreconcilable goals goes unchallenged. But there is in fact significant common ground. Over the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Transit Workers Union, health care unions, and other unions opposed...

Keystone Approved

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On March 1, 2013

The Obama Administration Obama Administration's appointees in the State Department announces its approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline at 4 pm on Sequester Friday. How brave. Disaster for the climate..

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This country is so weird. Sometimes exhilarating and sometimes incredibly depressing, the United States is full of paradoxes. This is a tough week for me. There's one big thing to celebrate--the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, with stronger protections for marginalized groups and...

Letters

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On March 1, 2013

We have a small M.A. program in history at URI. I sit on the graduate committee. Some of the letters of recommendation I have read are truly appalling in their.

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The Past and the Future

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On February 28, 2013
In a world where the key provision of the Voting Rights Act is about to be overturned, repealing civil rights won with the bloodshed of thousands of victims, it's hardly surprising that open racism would come back into vogue. Take the brand-new cover of Bloomberg...
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