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More Than 8 Million Iraqis in Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance
The EC estimates that about 8.2 million Iraqi people are in need of some form of emergency assistance.
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US Austerity Politics: One State’s Attempt to Destroy Democracy and the Environment
Something is rotten in the state of Michigan.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Warming Waters Are Drastically Altering Ocean Biodiversity, and More
In today's On the News segment: Major changes in ocean biodiversity due to climate change are more extreme than anything our planet has seen in 3 million years; 20-year-old …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Study Confirms US Presidents Serve the Wealthy Over the Poor, and More
Data suggests presidents “shirk citizen control,” and more.
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Workers Confront Walmart Executives at Star-Studded Company Event
Three years into their movement, OUR Walmart members go to the belly of the beast to shake up a shareholders' meeting.
Potent Pesticide Still Used at Levels That Defy Scientists’ Warnings
Residents in farming counties are being put at a higher risk of cancer.
California Senate Passes Bill Banning New Offshore Drilling
SB 788, a bill to ban new offshore drilling, passed off the Senate floor.
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Families of Police Violence Victims Face Trauma Without Support
Truthout spoke with relatives of murdered Black men, who described feeling angry and isolated, their lives left in tatters.
Charging Prisoners Perpetuates Mass Incarceration
As a result of these runaway costs, counties and states continue to struggle with ways to increase revenue to pay for exorbitant incarceration bills.
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Latin America: Women in Resistance and Resilience
What does it mean for women to fight back?