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Women With HIV Build Safe, Healthy Lives
When Dorothy Wooten was told she was HIV-positive, her doctor looked her in the eye and predicted that she'd be dead within two years. That was 1987. Now 71, …
How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe
(Photo: Jose Martins / Flickr) The Goldman Sachs coup that failed in America has nearly succeeded in Europe - a permanent, irrevocable, unchallengeable bailout for the banks underwritten by …
Thinking About Mitt Romney and Seamus, Michael Vick and Dog Fighting, and Eating Animals
Don't Worry About Obama; Worry about Seamus Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has got more to worry about than a lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy. …
Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig on RT: Are EPA Fracking Regulations Hurting Jobs?
On Tuesday the battle of new regulations on the hydraulic fracturing technique continued on Capitol Hill. The EPA put the finishing touches on new rules that are intended to …
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Former Bush EPA Chief Sounds Alarm on Chemical Security
Wading into a decade-old controversy, former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman has urged current EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to close loopholes in a 2006 chemical security law “before a …
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Occupy Wall Street’s Occupation of Wall Street Facing Eviction Despite Legal Protections
(Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr)When Occupy Wall Street protesters decided to take up sleeping on the sidewalks of Wall Street, they did so with the protection—they thought—of the law. Specifically, a …
Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride: How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War
The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr. M, a jihadist in an Asian state, has emerged as the mastermind of a terrorist …
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Mitt Romney Tells Rich Donors His Secret Plan to Cut Housing Assistance
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times)During comments overheard by an NBC news reporter, Mitt Romney told a crowd at a private fundraiser last …
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Study Accuses ALEC of “Secretive Influence” in Missouri Capitol
At least 30 bills have been introduced in the Missouri statehouse in recent years that are nearly identical to legislation originally written by a conservative organization whose membership includes …
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What Mitt Will We Get?
Washington - It's all over but the shouting, or, in this case, the polite applause: Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican presidential nominee. But which Mitt Romney? …