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Before turning the page on 2014, All Things Considered is paying tribute to some of the people who passed away this year whose stories you

The New Abolitionism | The Nation http://m.thenation.com/article/179461-new-abolitionism The New Abolitionism Before the cannons fired at Fort Sumter, the Confederates announced their rebellion with lofty rhetoric

The climate in 2015: Everything’s coming together while everything falls apart | Grist http://grist.org/climate-energy/challenging-the-divine-right-of-big-energy/ The climate in 2015: Everything’s coming together while everything falls apart

Human Costs of the Forever Wars, Enough to Fill a Bookshelf – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/26/books/human-costs-of-the-forever-wars-enough-to-fill-a-bookshelf.html Human Costs of the Forever Wars, Enough to Fill a Bookshelf

Let’s all screw the 1 percent: The simple move Obama could make to strengthen the rest of us – Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2014/12/26/lets_all_screw_the_1_percent_the_simple_move_obama_could_make_to_strengthen_the_rest_of_us/ Let’s all screw the

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/26/opinion/cities-as-havens-for-trees.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone MOUNT RAINIER, Md. — PITY our urban trees — wild, forest-dwelling species imprisoned in tight spaces, drawing water and nutrients out of poor, shallow

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/15/magazine/tm-velvet50 Velvet Goes Underground Tijuana Was the Florence of a Peculiar Art Renaissance. But These Days in This Radically Changed City, It’s Tough to Find

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/science/earth/restored-forests-are-making-inroads-against-climate-change-.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone LA VIRGEN, Costa Rica — Over just a few decades in the mid-20th century, this small country chopped down a majority of its ancient

Affordable Care Act Sign-Ups Near 6.4 Million – WSJ http://www.wsj.com/articles/affordable-care-act-sign-ups-near-6-4-million-1419352035 Affordable Care Act Sign-Ups Near 6.4 Million By Stephanie Armour Dec. 23, 2014 11:27 a.m.