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“The League of Women Voters of Nassau County has canceled a candidate forum in the 4th Congressional District primaries after only one Republican and one Democrat agreed to show up.”
I believe that it is an important part of the democratic process for the candidates to debate. Their ‘paper list platforms’ become real agendas when faced with live dialogue, questions and confrontation.
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Electoral upsets happen every so often in Nassau County. There was Republican Dan Frisa beating his party’s incumbent, David Levy, in 1994. Like Levy, Frisa became a one-term congressman after a …
The Democratic primary looks like it is going to be a very tight race with DA Kathleen Rice and NC Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams vying for the Democratic ticket. I support, am campaigning and voting for Kevan Abraham. If you are in the 4th Congressional District on Long Island and a Democrat, I hope you will vote for him in the primary as well.
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Director Stephanie Soechtig talks about her new documentary.
When a brain scan shows that the brain reacts similarly to both sugar and cocaine, there isn’t much else to say about the fact that the standard industrialized nation’s diet is a disaster.
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New USDA research finds we’re mostly fooling ourselves that we’re eating our vegetables.
You mean Pizza and French Fries AREN’T vegetables?
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After a hugely successful video marketing campaign, Chipotle has come up with a four episode, scripted comedy, "Farmed and Dangerous" a Hulu video series.
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The legendary singer and animal rights activist lent his talents to an animated film that might just get you to go meat-free.
How would you like to be separated from you family at birth only to face a life of incarceration and slaughter? No more factory-farmed chickens, please!
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When Original Unverpackt makes its debut in Germany, consumers will bring their own containers and bags.
Imagine a world without trash . . . can the next generation make it better? Our generation has "littered the world".
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A new study of community garden plots in the U.K. shows that the soil health far surpasses that of surrounding farmland.
You don’t have to move to the country to farm. You can bring the farm to the city. Reports show the urban soil is better than farmland.
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The Bridge the Gulf blog is hands-down the best source of post-spill news and insight, written by locals who have a stake in the recovery.
No concensus of opinion on the BP spill. BP is wrapping up "active clean up". Residents are saying the same things as they did four years ago. And it is not OK!
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The House majority leader lost the GOP primary to a Tea Party challenger. That’s a terrible omen for any sort of policy progress or competent governance.
If candidates who oppose collaboration and sane solutions to the many serious problems facing us keep winning, I am afraid the bell might go off before we solve things.
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