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Texas Decision to Block Planned Parenthood Results in Loss of Federal Funds
The Obama administration notified Texas yesterday that it was officially stopping funds to the Texas Women’s Health Program because of the state’s decision to block abortion providers, including Planned …
Everything Dies
Call me a convert, but I'm beginning to dig this whole let-the-marketplace-work-it-out capitalism thing.
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USDA: Schools Can Opt Not to Feed “Pink Slime” to Students
Washington - After a public uproar sparked by a Houston mom's online petition, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture on Thursday backed off the federal school lunch program's use of …
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Giving Up Your Bank for Lent
(Photo: Jesse757 / Flickr) Growing up Protestant in a small town in upstate New York, the commemoration of Lent was not as major an event as it …
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Bain Capital Tied to Surveillance Push in Chinese Cities
A sign warning about security camera surveillance hangs on a post near a construction site in Beijing, March 6, 2012. (Photo: Keith Bedford / The New York Times) …
What Other Skeletons Lurk in the NYPD’s Closet?
(Photo: Giacomo Barbaro / Flickr) The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has been embroiled in national controversy after revelations that the department secretly infiltrated cities and …
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Poll: Sixty-Five Percent of Americans Want More Fracking Regulations
(Photo: ProgressOhio / Flickr) The number of Americans who say they want more regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, outnumber those who want less regulation by a …
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As Obama Picks Up Union Endorsements, a Debate on Labor’s Role in 2012 Campaign
We host a debate on Big Labor’s endorsement of President Obama’s re-election between labor reporter Mike Elk and Arthur Cheliotes, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180, a …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: UN to Weigh In on American Voter ID Laws, and More
In today's On the News segment: Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for all NATO troops to be pulled out of rural areas, United Nations will weigh in on American …
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Storming the Bastille
Translated Wednesday 14 March 2012, by Henry Crapo (who is a member of Truthout's Board of Advisors) and reviewed by Isabelle Métral. "We are going to create a …