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Physicians in Congress Committing Malpractice on Millions
The sun setting behind a thick layer of air polution. (Photo: D'Arcy Norman / Flickr) What would you think if your physician told you, "Keep smoking because …
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Monsanto’s Roundup Ravaging Butterfly Populations, Study Shows
(Photo: Arturo / Flickr) Monsanto’s Roundup, containing the active ingredient glyphosate, has been tied to more health and environmental problems than you could imagine. Similar to how …
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Big-Money Chamber of Commerce to Impact Elections, Mostly for GOP
(Photo: Steve Rhodes / Flickr) Washington - For the big-spending U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 2012 election season began extra early with a flurry of hard-hitting issue …
“Public Media” Joins “Gang Greens” in Colluding With Frackers
NPR's serenades to the "natural"(1) gas industry are getting more and more blatant. Let's pick apart some of these egregious transgressions from journalistic integrity. National Petroleum, er, National Public …
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Number of US Hate Groups Is Rising, Report Says
Atlanta - Fed by antagonism toward President Obama, resentment toward changing racial demographics and the economic rift between rich and poor, the number of so-called hate groups and antigovernment …
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On International Women’s Day, Celebrate Feminist Victories of 2011
Today is International Women's Day. Christine Ahn and the Global Fund for Women mark the occasion by recalling substantial wins for women in 2011. On International Women’s …
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Remembering the Lyrical Populism of Woody Guthrie
Where's Woody when we need him? In these times of tinkle-down economics — with the money powers thinking that they're the top dogs and that the rest of us …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Scott Walker Turns to Millionaires to Defeat the Recall, and More
In today's On the News segment: A new SuperPAC sprung up in the Badger State this week calling itself the “Defeat the Recall” campaign; killing off the EPA means …
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Forced Ultrasound, “Informed Consent,” and Women’s Health in Texas: The Sad State of the State
Last month, when news spread that Virginia legislators were considering a forced trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, the uproar was loud, clear and immediate: women would never stand for this invasive …
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Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power
“Corporations are people, my friend.” Mitt Romney at Iowa State Fair(1) Corporations are obviously not people. But Romney is correct in the sense that corporations have hijacked most of …