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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fortune 500 Companies Have $2.1 Trillion Stashed in Overseas Tax Havens, and More
In today's On the News segment: Fortune 500 companies have $2.1 trillion stashed in overseas tax havens;Â workers in Washington, DC, could soon be guaranteed 16 weeks of paid family …
Justice Can Be Served Without Putting Kids Behind Bars
In Seattle, with restorative justice as a galvanizing theme, organizers are creating more than policies and resolutions, but an actual movement.
Honduran Fishing Village Says “Adios” to Candles and Dirty Energy
A small fishing village on the Caribbean coast of Honduras has become an example to be followed in renewable energies.
After the Frack: Hydraulic Fracturing’s Intense Thirst
Water withdrawals and siltation create havoc on aquatic ecosystems.
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How to Fix Environmental Woes in Buenos Aires Shantytown
As soon as you enter Villa Inflamable you taste and feel chemicals and dust particles in your throat, saliva and lungs.
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Report Exposes For-Profit College Abuses in Converting to Nonprofits
The struggle is far from over to make higher education a place where student and taxpayer interests are placed at the forefront.
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The Families of Missing Migrants and Refugees May Never Know Their Fates
As it stands, the states of Europe have consistently failed to provide such answers.
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These Salvadoran Women Went to Prison for Suffering Miscarriages
In a country with strict anti-abortion laws, spontaneous pregnancy losses can mean decades behind bars.
North Carolina Imposes New Taxes on Car and Appliance Repairs to Fund New Tax Cuts for the Rich
Fresh shots have been fired in North Carolina's Republican-led class war.
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One Man’s Mission: Justice for Iraq
Bert Sacks has been seeking justice for Iraq since the 1990s. Nothing the US government has thrown at him thus far has slowed him down.