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The Apache Way: The March to Oak Flat
In Arizona, the Apache are fighting to protect their sacred land from mining giant Rio Tinto and Republicans in Congress.
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Farmer Cooperatives, Not Monsanto, Supply El Salvador With Seeds
Producing seed locally was no small feat.
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Chicago Police Misconduct Payouts Topped $50 Million in 2014
The vast majority of payments came from settlements, which usually do not require the city or police officers to admit wrongdoing.
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Obama’s Veto of Keystone XL Bittersweet for Texans Forced to Allow the Pipeline on Their Land
The president reserves the right to approve or reject the northern route of the Keystone XL.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Climate Change Could Wipe an Alaskan Village Off the Map, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â Thanks to warmer temperatures and higher oceans, the people of Kivalina, Alaska, must move their entire town or be wiped out by storm surge; …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Students Are Taking On College Debt, and More
In today's On the News segment: If corporations paid back their full debt to society, they'd be paying each of our households about $10,000 a year;Â it appears another discriminatory …
Women Over 65 Own Nearly a Third of Iowa’s Farmland – Can They Prevent the Next Dust Bowl?
So many older women are inheriting farms that some experts believe training them in land conservation may be society's best bet in protecting the food supply.
Telecom Strikers Win Limits on Outsourcing
FairPoint workers in New England have ratified a new contract, ending the longest US telecom strike in decades.
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“A Red Letter Day” at the FCC: Net Neutrality Wins
Just weeks ago, Wheeler had been accused of vacillation and undermining net neutrality with a plethora of ifs and buts that would diminish its effectiveness.
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Jury Awards Guestworkers Over $14 Million in Landmark Human Trafficking, Forced Labor Case
While the workers believed they were paying to immigrate permanently, they actually came to the US on visas for temporary work.