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Ten Surprisingly Good Things That Happened in 2022

Medea Benjamin CounterPunch
From Lula's victory in Brazil to a peace treaty ending civil war in Ethiopia, victorties pushing back Republican reaction in the United States to the growing presence of indigenous voices on the global stage, there was some good news this past year.

Friday Nite Videos | December 30, 2022

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The Nuclear Site That Can’t Be Cleaned Up

Ron Jacobs The Progressive
‘Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America’ exposes the story of a Washington state complex that poses dangers that—like the nuclear industry itself—cannot be contained.

Jackson Water Crisis: A Legacy of Environmental Racism?

Chi Chi Izundu, Mohamed Madi & Chelsea Bailey BBC
Experts and advocates say what is happening in Jackson - and in towns like Flint in Michigan, where the water supply was contaminated with lead - is a direct legacy of generations of discrimination and segregation.
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