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Waste Management Reaps Treasure From Your Trash and Taxes
The for-profit company Waste Management has recently been embroiled in a trashy dispute in Alabama.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Since Sandy Hook, Guns Have Killed 10,000 More People in the US, and More
It hasn't even been a year since the tragic mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. But since then almost 10,000 more people have been killed by guns in our nation, …
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Historic Acquittal of Anti-Drone Witness at Fort Hancock Air Base
This acquittal marks a major breakthrough by those who have sought to strengthen international law, and stop U.S. war crimes, including extra-judicial murder by the illegal drones.
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Eight Months, Ten Mishaps: A Look at Fukushima Errors
A string of mishaps this year at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is raising doubts about the operatoru2019s ability to tackle the crisis.
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Monterey Peninsula Fights For-Profit American Water for Public Control
In communities across the country, people are deciding that water is just too precious to subject to the profit motive.
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North Carolina, Come On and Rise Up
"Moral Mondays" organizer and North Carolina AFL-CIO President James Andrews discusses the strategy behind escalating protests against the state's extremist Republicans.
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BP’s “Widespread Human Health Crisis“
Toxicologists 'predicted with certainty' that Gulf of Mexico residents and clean-up workers would become severely ill.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mainstream Media Ignores NSA Protest Rally Where Thousands Gathered, and More
 Thom Hartmann here – on the news…  You need to know this. When 50 Tea Party members show up in Washington, the national media falls all over …
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Pension Theft Crime Wave
Public workers of the newly bankrupt Detroit now fight for their pensions as the city tries to rob them of their livelihoods for a second time.
As US Faces New Scrutiny on Drones, UN Report Finds Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Pakistan
The Obama administrationu2019s drone and targeted killing policy will come under scrutiny at the United Nations today with a report concluding at least 400 Pakistani civilians have been killed …