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Wily Wendy: Media, Political Opponents Employ Sexist Rhetoric Against Wendy Davis Campaign
Right-wing pundits and politicians are latching onto a few minor discrepancies in Wendy Davis' life story to smear the state senator with traditionally sexist tropes.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Economic Inequality Is a Major Threat to Human Progress, and More
85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top one percent has 65 times the wealth of the bottom …
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“Like Gravity” Fast-Track Trade Sinks Jobs and Wages
With hundreds of groups across the political spectrum - from progressive environmental and consumer groups to the conservative Farm Bureau and Tea Party patriots - lined up against the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Chips Away at Social Safety Net, and More
Congress can't find the willpower to raise taxes on the rich, but that hasn't stopped them from chipping away at our retirement and slashing our social safety net, and …
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Six Drugs Whose Dangerous Risks Were Buried So Big Pharma Could Make Money
New meds are being rushed to the market so industry can start making money even before safety has been determined.
Immigration Advocates Face Serious Challenges in Passing Reform in 2014
Despite nationwide mobilization, immigrant advocates acknowledge they have failed to reform a broken immigration system.
The Toxic Chemical Spill Crisis in West Virginia Will Happen Again. Here’s Why
Maya Nye, president of People Concerned About Chemical Safety, a citizen's group, explained: "We are so desperate for jobs in West Virginia we don't want to do anything that …
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Educational Network Erases Borders
Students, teachers and parents are building bridges between classrooms on both sides of the miles of Atlantic Ocean that separate them.
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BP Employees, Outraged by Lack of Compensation, Warn Oil Spill Victims
Long-term employees accuse oil giant BP of greed, exploitation and lying about their pensions.
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People Pressure Is Making Fast-Tracking the TPP Politically Toxic
The likelihood of stopping the Trans-Pacific Partnership is stronger than it ever has been.