You know her. She may have been in high school with you; maybe she’s a cousin, a sister, a friend. But when she got pregnant, it may very well have rocked your world.
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Although no new nuclear power plants have been built since the Three Mile Island disaster, nuclear energy is still prominent in the United States and its increased use is being considered. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved licenses for four new reactors at two sites this year.
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She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally decided to walk through the door. It was built with three cracking wood beams and mounted on a step of concrete blocks. The prayers hissed out as she clung to each of their words, relying on their power to change the fate of what lay beyond the rosewood barricade.
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One of today’s leading voices in the socialist movement visited the city of Ithaca, including Ithaca College and Cornell University. The Cornell chapter of International Students for Social Equality invited Phyllis Scherrer, a member of the Socialist Equality Party, to bring her campaign to Ithaca.
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The unofficial renaming of Dewitt Park to “Shawn Greenwood Park” by members of the Occupy Ithaca movement inspired the formation of the Shawn Greenwood Working Group, through which addressing issues of racism in Ithaca has become a part of localizing the national movement.
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One Ithaca College student’s journey to call for a free Palestine
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The founder of DC Central Kitchen and the author of Begging for Change talks about shortening the food line as you serve it. “What interests me is not the survival of the nonprofit sector, but the destruction of the problems that predicate the need for the nonprofit.”
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Greek life myths on booze and philanthropy; the Greek Life party record is not spotless by any means, but the situation is not always what it seems in regards to partying for a cause.
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A look at Buzzsaw alum Jeremy Levine’s Emmy-winning film, Good Fortune, which investigates just how effective international aid organizations really are.
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New York small towns prevail in fracking lawsuits, most recently exemplified in late February when the Town of Dryden’s ban on natural gas drilling was ruled justified by the state Supreme Court.