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Tribal Councils in US and Canada Uniting Against Oil Sands Pipeline
In D.C., pipeline safety organization schools Congress on seven measures still needed to minimize potential hazards. Editor's Note: In late September, SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Nebraska …
Investigation Discovers Lou Dobbs Hired At Least Five Undocumented Immigrants To Work At His Estates
Author, radio host, and TV personality Lou Dobbs - who ended his long career at CNN this past November with an $8 million severance pay package - made his …
Joe Conason | The Ideologies Behind the Ideologues
Let nobody accuse the tea party enthusiasts of lacking intellectual sophistication, no matter what their favorite candidates might say about evolution, civil rights, masturbation or alcohol prohibition. According to …
Connie Schultz | We’ve Taught Our Kids to Hate
It's fair to say that more than one gay teenager has committed suicide in recent weeks after being harassed and bullied by peers. Like Tyler Clementi, whose death has …
First Ever National Week of Action on School Pushout Launches October 11
During the week of October 11-17, 2010, members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a national coalition of parents, youth, advocates and educators from around the country, are organizing …
Eugene Robinson | Needed: Competition for Black Votes
Washington - This has been such an unpredictable political year that it's hard to have confidence in any of the forecasts for November. How unpredictable? Well, I'd like to …
Jailed Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a move that dramatically highlighted both the plight of those who speak out against the authoritarian …
From Earth First! to Climate Ground Zero, Mike Roselle is a Radical Lifer
Any of the following would be enough to earn Mike Roselle a place of respect in the world of eco-activism: * Co-founded Earth First! in Jackson, Wyoming in 1979 …
Tennessee County’s Subscription-Based Firefighters Watch as Family Home Burns Down
As ThinkProgress has noted, there are currently two competing visions of governance in the United States. One, the conservative vision, believes in the on-your-own society, and informs a policy …
Finance Committee Chair Demands IRS Investigate Rove’s American Crossroads and Other Corporate Front Groups
Contributors to these groups beware - you may not be anonymous for long. A big victory Wednesday, September 29, 2010, for democracy as the Chairman of the Senate Finance …