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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Cites San Onofre Nuclear Plant for Security Lapse
San Onofre has a long list of safety and security problems dating back long before the latest tube debacle.
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Washington’s Wall Street Sugar Daddies
The finance, insurance, and real estate industries spend approximately $1,331 a minute on influencing our leaders.
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Chinese Labor Activists Get Shut Out, but Won’t Shut Up
There have been reports of authorities in Guangdong harassing and pressuring non-governmental groups that advocate for workers and educate them about their labor rights.
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New Nationwide Study of Election Fraud Since 2000 Finds Just 10 Cases of In-Person Voter Fraud
Exhaustive analysis finds fraud that might be deterred by polling place photo ID restrictions virtually non-existent.
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Chicago’s Quiet Home-Liberation Front
The liberation movement is organized into a loosely connected network of cells that collaborate u2014 and compete u2014 to see how many houses they can free from bank control …
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Ohio Secretary of State Removes Democratic Members of Election Board for Supporting Weekend Voting
The Obama campaign has filed a law suit in federal court to restore weekend voting.
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How Author Malcolm Gladwell Shilled for the Health Care Lobby … and Got Away With It
Gladwell has carried water for the health insurance companies in his articles, while getting paid for numerous speaking engagements to the industry.
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Prop 37 Solution to Walmart’s Untested, Unlabeled, Toxin Spliced Corn
The genetically engineered sweet corn, which has also been manipulated at the DNA level to withstand pesticides that are sprayed on it, has never been proven safe.
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VP Role for Paul Ryan Has His Former Parish Priest Worried
Ryan's leadership as chair of the House Budget Committee and author of the
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Eight Problems With Common Core State Standards
Variously motivated corporate interests, arguing that the core was being sloppily taught, organized a behind-the-scenes campaign to super-standardize it.