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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Unveil Their Latest Austerity Budget, and More
We need to support the Progressive budget, and more.

Community Demands Answers in Police Killing of Undocumented Texas Man
A spate of police shootings show how undocumented people are vulnerable to police abuse due to fears of deportation.

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Immigrant Workers Are Being Deported for Getting Injured on the Job
When bosses profit from exploiting immigrants, society bears the cost.

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Gaza Fishing Industry Held Hostage at Sea
Fisherman in Gaza are facing increasing restrictions that are threatening their livelihoods.

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Chilean Accused of Murder, Torture Taught 13 Years for Pentagon
Despite very graphic torture accusations against Garcia Covarrubias, US officials are rallying behind him.

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How a Small Quaker Group Forced PNC Bank to Stop Financing Mountaintop Removal
The American 1 percent habitually manipulates religion to serve its interests and fight its battles.

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Dueling Visions: The CPC People’s Budget vs. the Budget for the 1%
The Republican budget is rightly scorned as a fantasy, a dishonest, Orwellian document.

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Everyone’s Asking the Wrong Questions About Health Care in the US
How is it that a 25-cent piece of plastic and copper came to cost almost $1,000 in the US?

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Monica Jones to the UN: US Must Decriminalize Sex Work
The US must recognize that sex workers have human rights, just like everyone else.

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As Gentrification Persists in San Francisco, Evictions Take New Forms
As rents continue to rise and gentrification spreads, unscrupulous landlords are using new tactics to evict tenants.