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A Global Maui Moment

Tom Engelhardt Tom Dispatch
The most devastating war on the planet is the war waged against the planet.

Big Agriculture Doesn’t Want a Fair Farm Bill

Rebecca Wolf The Progressive
They've turned the food system into a cash cow for the powerful few by undermining small farmers and encouraging operators to “get big or get out.”

Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution

Sarah Lyall New York Times
Cat Bohannon’s book, “Eve,” looks at the way women’s bodies evolved, and how a focus on male subjects in science has left women “under-studied and under-cared for.”

America’s Bee Problem Is an Us Problem

Lex Pryor The Ringer
You may have heard America’s honeybees are dying. But what does that mean for the people on the front lines—and what could it mean for what ends up on your plate?

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 19–25

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Thomas Nast cartoon of racist Georgians celebrating in 1868
Terror reigns in Georgia (in 1868). The First Great Depression (1873). First-ever Vietnam War protest (1963). The Redcoats are coming! (1768). A worthless piece of paper (1823). Nuke fallout treaty (1963). Deadly troop train (1918)