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States Vie for Money from Florida’s Canceled High-Speed Rail Project
Washington - Despite the efforts by Republican lawmakers to scrap President Barack Obama's funding for high-speed rail projects, 24 states have submitted applications for additional money, the Department of …
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Senate Votes Down Effort to Weaken EPA Authority
Washington - The Senate voted Wednesday against a measure that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing new regulations on greenhouse gasses — a move that further …
Koch Industries, Keystone XL Pipeline … a BP on the Prairie?
In a provocative demonstration against the tar sands, clean energy advocates poured “oil” onto a female model draped with the Canadian flag on Parliament Hill. Those pouring the oil …
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Representing Knowledge Workers in the New Era
Signs from a Writer's Guild of America East Solidarity Rally in Washington Square Park, in November of 2007. (Photo: Amber Baldet) Recent ideologically-driven attacks on collective bargaining …
Where Will We Find the Money? (4)
David Cameron’s Gift of War and Racism, to Them and Us
UK Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the Special Address at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 28, 2011. (Photo: Moritz …
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Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became ‘People’ and How You Can Fight Back
Truthout is proud to bring you an exclusive series from America's No. 1 progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann. We'll be publishing weekly installments of Hartmann's much-lauded book, "Unequal Protection: …
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If US Government Shuts Down, Some Services Would Continue
(Photo: Tommy Ironic) Washington - Social Security checks would still go out. So would tax payments and refunds for e-filed returns. Soldiers would remain on duty in …
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Former Afghan Lawmaker Joya Says US Soldiers Disregard Lives
A former Afghan lawmaker told an audience of South Sound peace activists Tuesday that photos of Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers grinning over the corpse of a boy they allegedly …
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The Peasants Need Pitchforks
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) A “working class hero,” John Lennon told us in his song of that title, “is something to be/ Keep you doped with …