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Absent an extremely large injection of government funding or further life extensions, the reactors currently operating are going to end their licensed lifetimes between now and the late 2050s. They will become part of an economics-driven US nuclear phase-out a couple of decades behind the government-led nuclear exit in Germany.

The share of American households with guns has declined over the past four decades, a national survey shows, with some of the most surprising drops in the South and the Western mountain states, where guns are deeply embedded in the culture.

The Keystone Pipeline, the Socialist Left, the GOP and the Sequester

Rewind - March 3-9, 2013

Some analysts said the move appeared designed in part to take advantage of the ongoing chaos inside Syria.

Students organizing for climate justice on campuses today are drawing connections between the environment and social issues like debt, racism, and immigration.