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Is The Dietitians’ Trade Group in Bed with the Junk Food Industry?

Ocean Robbins

The largest trade group of nutrition professionals—the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics—has a serious credibility problem.

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The Minimum Wage: Popular With the Public, But Not the Donor Class

Mijin Cha

One of the best proposals to come out of the State of the Union was the President's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour, phased in over three years, and tie it to the cost of living so it automatically adjusts. If anything, the proposed minimum wage is still too low. If the minimum wage had kept up with the rate of inflation, it would now be over $10.

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Congress Responds to Move to Amend Grassroots Organizing with “We the People” Amendment

Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap

The growing grassroots democracy movement took another huge step forward this week when Congressional Representatives Rick Nolan (DFL-Minnesota) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin) joined Move To Amend coalition organizers Ben Manski and George “Leesa” Friday at the National Press Club to announce that the “We the People Amendment” was being introduced in Congress (H.J.Res.

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Marco Rubio’s Impossible Task: Make Racism Palatable to Latinos

Seth Freed Wessler

Sen. Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference on a comprehensive immigration reform on Jan. 28, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Marco Rubio’s been getting a lot of play lately.

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Climate Rally Draws “Line in the Sand” on Canadian Pipeline

Stephen Leahy

The tar sands in Alberta, Canada. (Credit: howlmonteal/cc by 2.0)UXBRIDGE, Canada - The largest climate rally in U.S. history is expected Sunday in Washington DC with the aim of pressuring President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

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Retreat from the Beach: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Karl Grossman

(Image: Henning Wagenbreth/NYT)Soon after Sandy struck, an OpEd piece titled “We Need to Retreat from the Beach” by Dr. Orrin Pilkey, a pioneer in what’s now become the science of shoreline dynamics, appeared in the New York Times.

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Hysteria Over North Korea’s Nukes

Eric Margolis

Are we about to be vaporized by North Korea’s nuclear weapons? Given all the hysteria this week over its third underground nuclear test, one would certainly think so.North Korean soldiers and civilians in Pyongyang celebrate the success of the country's third nuclear test. (Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media)

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The Lonely Soldier and the Moral Scars of War

James Jeffrey

In trying to understand the ongoing suicide epidemic among soldiers and veterans a third factor in addition to physical injuries and PTSD is now being discussed: the moral injuries they bring back.A British soldier. (Photograph: Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

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Sticking It to the SEC

Bill Moyers
Michael Winship

In our last episode of that ongoing Washington soap opera, “As the Door Revolves,” we introduced you to former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White, pursuer of drug lords and terrorists, who left government to become a hot shot Wall Street lawyer defending such corporate giants as JPMorgan Chase, UBS, General Electric and Microsoft.

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THE FREEDOM ROAD

THE FREEDOM ROAD: In "Road to Freedom" David Icke gives a keynote lecture reveals many secrets where hidden by those who govern us and manipulate. Among other things, talks about the Freemasons and the Illuminati and its relationship with many of the U.S. Presidents. En "Camino a la Libertad" David Icke nos ofrece una magistral conferencia donde desvela numerosos secretos ocultos por aquellos que nos gobiernan y manipulan. Entre otras cosas, nos habla sobre la masonería y los iluminatis y su relación con muchos de los presidentes de EE.UU.

Special music for relaxation, meditation and healing.

Special music for relaxation, meditation and healing. Are frequencies that affect the balance and harmony of the body, restoring energy patterns. Among other tunes are Ahu Saglam, Arnica Montana and music with dolphins and whales. Música especial para relajarse, meditar y sanar. Son frecuencias que inciden en el equilibrio y la armonía del cuerpo, restableciendo los patrones energéticos. Entre otras, se encuentran melodías de Ahu Saglam, Arnica Montana y música con delfines y ballenas. RELAJACIÓN MÚSICA, MÚSICA RELAX, MÚSICA MEDITACIÓN, MEDITATION MUSIC, FRECUENCIAS SANADORAS, MUSICA ALTERNATIVA, MUSICA SANADORA, MUSICA PARA SANAR EL ALMA, HEALING MUSIC, MUSIC FOR HEALING,healing frequency, FREQUENCY TO HEAL, MUSICA ESPIRITUAL, SPIRITUAL MUSIC, MUSICA DELFINES, DOLPHIN MUSIC, MUSICA NEW AGE, MUSICA REIKI, MUSICA YOGA, MUSICA DE BALLENAS, RELAX MUSIC FRECUENCIAS SAGRADAS SOLFEGGIO