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Refusing to Fund Our Own Destruction

From the White House to Ohio, too many politicians care more about protecting toxic industries than their constituents.

Dozens of new state laws are expanding legal cannabis use — and expunging the records of users caught up in the system.

Are Trump’s trade wars choking off the global economy?

Trump’s trade disruptions are inflicting real pain, but they’re also exposing the frailty of an agriculture economy built for big business.

The company plans to use AI ordering to gather data on your “movement patterns” and license plate number.

If environmental solutions aren’t systemic, living green will always mean going against the grain — and usually failing.

Big polluters may not care much about the environment, but they’ll still try to fool customers who do.

Medicinal use is now legal for most Americans, and two-thirds support full legalization. A big push now can get us there.

He tweets odes to America’s small farmers, but his actions are tearing them apart.

They’re building robots to siphon farm profits out of local communities and into the pockets of rich investors.