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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Budget Office Report Reminds Everyone Why They’re in the Streets Protesting, and More
In today's On the News segment: Scott Olsen is still in a hospital in serious condition with a fractured skull after being hit in the head with a tear …
Occupying the Jewish Question
The effort to smear Occupy Wall Street as an anti-Semitic movement came to a head last week, when The Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) released an ad, following, as …
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Six First-Hand Observations From Last Night’s Chaos in Oakland
I spent most of yesterday in Oakland bearing witness to a hectic day of protests that featured a good deal of violence. Here are some observations. Again …
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Representative Bishop Says Federal Control of Public Lands Is Unconstitutional
The House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) made a startling claim at a Republican conference late last week: current federal control of public lands is …
The Public Intellectual: George Lakoff
George Lakoff Framing Occupy Wall Street Wednesday 19 October 2011 by: George Lakoff, Truthout | Op-Ed Why Democracy Is Public: The American Dream Beats the Nightmare Friday 29 July …
New Inequality Data Likely to Boost “Occupy” Movement
Washington - A major study on income equality by a non-partisan government agency is likely to boost the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, whose standing with the general public appears …
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Northeast Aims to Remedy EV “Range Anxiety” with Eleven-State Charging Network
Drivers of all-electric cars could soon zip across the U.S. Northeast without having to worry about running out of battery power mid-trip. At least that's the idea …
Special Interests Woo Super Congress Members With Campaign Cash
The 12 members of the deficit-cutting Super Congress might be the most popular people in Washington. As they deliberate how to identify more than $1 trillion in spending cuts, …
Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections
Eleven years ago, a waitress named Deb Simpson was elected to Maine’s state legislature—one of 116 candidates to run that year under the state’s newly implemented Clean Elections Act, …
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Occupy Oakland: Mayor Quan Issues Statement after Police Crackdown
Late last night, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan issued a statement about the police crackdown against Occupied Oakland protesters. In it, she expressed concern for those injured and a commitment …