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A Good Contest
I love a good contest as much as the next guy, but this one is tremendously important, and if you choose to participate, you'll be striking a blow against …
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Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest
Silent in flannel shirts and ponytails, farmers from Saskatchewan and South Dakota, Mississippi and Massachusetts lined the walls of a packed federal courtroom in Manhattan last week, as their …
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JC Penney CEO: “Ellen Represents The Values Of Our Company“
JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson spoke out this morning in defense of the company’s new partnership with Ellen DeGeneres. The conservative group One Million Moms has called for a …
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Thousands Gather in Brooklyn to Fight School Closures
Thousands of protesters gathered at Brooklyn Tech High School yesterday evening to oppose 25 pending school closures, 13 of which are scheduled to occur in Brooklyn. …
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Producers vs. Losers: The Cruel Pro-Rich Propaganda of the Right
(Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr) "Producers" and "parasites." Cruel language justifying extreme greed seems to be mainstream now. Even Presidential candidates feel free to disparage 99% of …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Spencer Bachus Investigated for Insider Trading, and More
Thom Hartmann here - on the news… You need to know this. The Republican Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is under investigation for breaking insider-trading laws. …
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This Is No Bailout for Main Street America
(Photo: Taber Andrew Bain / Flickr) Big announcements of breakthrough legislative deals during election campaigns should be taken with huge grains of salt. Generally more rhetoric than …
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Governor Scott Walker to Use Foreclosure Settlement Money to Balance His Budget, Not Help Homeowners
Yesterday, 49 states joined the federal government in announcing a $26 billion settlement with five of the nation’s biggest banks over the banks’ foreclosure fraud abuses. The money from …
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Catholic Hierarchy Demands Corporate Personhood
What do Koch Industries and the Catholic hierarchy have in common? A determination to shift rights away from individuals and assign them to institutions. In their campaign to …
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Teach-Ins Target Arizona’s Mexican American Studies Ban, Organizations Demand Return of Banished Books
From the high plains of Wyoming to the urban centers of Atlanta, Chicago and New York City, hundreds of schools launched a historic teach-in movement today to incorporate lesson …