“America has lost more than 7 million factory jobs since manufacturing employment peaked in 1979. Yet American factory production, minus raw materials and some other costs, more than doubled over the same span to $1.91 trillion last year […] trade accounted for just 13 percent of America’s lost factory jobs. The vast majority of the …

How NASA Will Choose Astronauts for Its Incredible Journey to Mars When the agency put out its latest application call, it specified that the lucky few might fly in Orion, a deep-space vessel meant to make the Journey to Mars. cross-posted on Facebook

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Mni Wiconi. Water is life. Hear our story. Stand with us. Tell Obama #NoDAPL, DENY the easement. Call the White House today at 202-456-1111 or send a message to http://ift.tt/1S05VPP. “This film tells the story of our prayerful and peaceful demonstrations by water protectors that have motivated thousands of tribal members …

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NPR Finds The Head Of A Covert Fake News Operation In The Suburbs “The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right,” says Jestin Coler, whose company, Disinfomedia, is behind fake news sites. cross-posted on Facebook

“Sheriff’s spokesman Rob Keller told NBC News that no water cannon were deployed and that water was sprayed from a fire truck to control fires as they were being set by activists. However, video posted to Facebook by activists clearly showed authorities spray a continuous stream of water over demonstrators in areas where there were …