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Around the globe there are close to 1 million people who lack access to clean, safe water. Also, because of a lack of sanitation, 4000 children die each day from diarrhea. Most U.S. foreign aid goes to war efforts. Now, imagine how much more stability and national security we could achieve if we actually gave people water and sanitation instead of guns.

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Public control of water utilities is crucial to our ability to face environmental challenges and create sustainable societies. The time to act on this is now, before we are face-to-face with the realities of impending fresh water shortages.

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I’m always amazed by the number of folks who think that most of Central Park is some kind of natural habitat of indigenous plants, a pristine terrain onto which we plunked our bike paths, boathouses and pretzel vendors.

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Kerry Trueman is the co-founder of EatingLiberally.org, a netroots website & organization that advocates sustainable agriculture, progressive politics and a less-consumption driven way of life. Foodie, blogger & edible landscaping enthusiast in NYC’s West Village and the Hudson River Valley.
The pork industry’s quaking in its collective manure-encrusted boots over HBO’s upcoming documentary Death On [...]

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Take Out, the new film by Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou about an illegal Chinese immigrant scrambling to pay off his debt to the people who helped smuggle him into the US with tips from his delivery job, has extended its stay at Quad Cinemas after selling out last weekend.
The film opened to rave reviews [...]

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