December 4, 2015

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Obama will veto, but the Senate just killed the ACA, defunded Planned Parenthood, and voted against denying terror suspects firearms.

A bill filed in Missouri requires those seeking firearms to face the same scrutiny as those seeking abortions.

The Massachusetts medical examiner takes an average of 242 days to find an official cause of death in cases of childhood abuse and neglect.

In a world without want, violence will become archaic. Profile of the 2016 Presidential race’s only Transhumanist candidate.

Choose your own gerrymandering: Interactive tool lets you swing a state by altering voter turnout by demographic.

This will bankrupt our food banks. 15,000 lose food stamps as Scott Walker’s budget cuts take effect in Wisconsin.

Former coal CEO Blankenship found guilty, becoming the highest-profile coal CEO to go to jail for a crime related to mining deaths.

Here is the damning 2011 Rolling Stone investigation that forced Blankenship to resign as Massey Energy CEO.

Pharmaceutical companies host “health camps” in India for doctor, in return for prescriptions written for their medicines.

Ogden, Utah, has the smallest metropolitan wealth gap in America.

The story of publications losing their unique websites, audiences, and voices is the story of publications losing access.

Scientists detected up to 67 different bacteria strains in the drip trays of capsule coffee machines.

Marijuana growers are using about 1% of all US electricity, costing around $6B a year.

Photos from inside the once-secret world of cannabis cultivation.

Today’s video: Black & White in Color #video

It’s like you drank a bunch of cough syrup and went to Live Aid: The Vatican. Pitchfork reviews the Pope’s new album.