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When Energy Bills Skyrocketed, These Neighbors Banded Together to Keep the Lights on – and Won
For nearly 20 years, utility company Central Hudson has operated more or less unchallenged - until Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson came along.
Paul Ryan Says Republicans Have Until Friday to Unify Behind Him for House Speaker
The statement could bring a possible resolution to the GOP leadership struggle.
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Federal Report Calls for an End to Conversion Therapy
“Conversion therapy” is used on LGBTQ individuals to, essentially, turn them straight and cis gender.
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Thousands Still Homeless a Year After the Bay Area’s Biggest Encampment Was Shuttered
Nearly a year after San Jose shut down the Bay Area's biggest homeless encampment, hundreds still live along city creeks. What went wrong?
New York City Activists Ticket Residents of Gentrified Neighborhood
The Police Reform Organizing Project took to the streets of Park Slope.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The GOP’s Effort to Demonize the Poor Is Costing Taxpayers, and More
Drug testing welfare recipients has done nothing except disprove decades of Republican talking points.
Canadians Oust Stephen Harper, Right-Wing Prime Minister Who Ignored Climate Change and Shunned First Nations
Canadian voters have unseated right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper after nearly a decade in office.
Joe Biden for President? Media Buzz Ignores How Vice President Worsened Student Debt on Big Banks’ Behalf
Biden is known for close ties to the financial industry, notably helping push through a 2005 bill that made it harder for consumers to declare bankruptcy.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Our Oceans Are in Serious Trouble, and More
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Mexican Farmers Accuse Mining Companies of Shady Tactics in Chiapas
Titanium mining is threatening communities' ecological stability and disrupting collective decision-making practices in Chiapas.