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Rampant Workplace Hazards Endanger Pregnant Women
(Photo: Neal Gillis / Flickr) The accounts read like something from the turn of the 20th century: emergency exit routes blocked and doors padlocked during working hours, …
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The Opposite of Snobbery
Say what you will about this era's Republican presidential candidates; they at least have chutzpah. Millionaire blue-blood George W. Bush pretended to be a down-home cowboy. Two-time divorcee and …
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Obama Seeks to End Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Nashua, New Hamshire - With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President …
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The Danger of Mitt Being Mitt
Washington - Political consultants tell candidates to be authentic — to “be yourself.” In Mitt Romney's case, that might not be such good advice. Once again, for what seems …
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What Will Snowe Leave Behind?
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Yesterday, Sen. Olympia Snowe announced that she has decided not to seek re-election in …
Self-Dealing in Government: No. 1 Impediment to Reform
The public hears about the deluge of corrupting money in the system, but they need individual examples to understand.
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A Tale of Two Protests: Shut Down the Corporations in Portland and Tucson
(Photo: Alissa Bohling) Protesters in Portland, Oregon, and Tucson, Arizona, faced very different weather when they hit the streets yesterday, but they had one thing in common: …
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Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Just in time for the release of Brave New Foundation’s new film, Koch Brothers Exposed, Rush Limbaugh has thrown in with Charles …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Are Losing the Obamacare Debate, and More
In today's On the News segment: President Obama quietly won a huge foreign policy victory in North Korea yesterday, Homeland Security keeping a close eye on the Occupy Wall …
A Window Into the Future: The Plea Bargain of Majid Khan
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base - At 9 AM Wednesday morning, after a decade in detention, Majid Khan was given his day in court. Nongovernmental organizations, media and victims of …