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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Low Income Residents in Washington Losing Homes for as Little as $44, and More
In today's On the News segment: The President will sit down for interviews with six major news networks tonight, and call on Congress to approve the military strike; since …
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Obama’s Case for Syria Didn’t Reflect Intel Consensus
Gareth Porter reveals that the Syria chemical weapon intelligence summary is heavily influenced by the Obama administration.
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Iran-Contra Redux? Prince Bandar Heads Secret Saudi-CIA Effort to Aid Syrian Rebels, Topple Assad
Prince Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud u2014 Saudiu2019s former ambassador to the United States u2014 is leading the effort to prop up the Syrian rebels, therefore reprising his role in …
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Big Oil Gets Green Light to Explore Ecuadorian Amazon
Ecuador President Rafael Correa is a petro-Kenysian who failed to sell Yasuni National Park in carbon markets and to international donors, and now he's turned a blind eye to …
Glenn Greenwald on Secret NSA Program to Crack Online Encryption
"There is no form of human commerce ... that is ever invulnerable to their prying eyes," says Greenwald.
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Cornel West and the Fight to Save the Black Prophetic Tradition
"The most pernicious development is the incorporation of the black prophetic tradition into the Obama imperial project," Cornel West tells Chris Hedges.
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Strongman of Egypt: How General Al-Sisi Took the Revolution’s Thunder
The following weeks will paint a clearer picture of the road map for Egypt - as well as the true aims of General al-Sisi as he attempts to steer …
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Bringing Bison and Biodiversity Back to the Prairie
A Montana-based nonprofit is moving to preserve 3.5 million acres of the Great Plains.
Mainstream Media Fails on Coverage of Chelsea Manning’s Transition
The media's failures to cover Manning's transition reflects a long history of unfair portrayals of transgender people.
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The Other 9/11: Part One
Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in seventeen years of brutal dictatorship.