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More Secrets on Growing State Surveillance
In part two of our national broadcast exclusive on the growing domestic surveillance state, we speak with National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney and two targeted Americans: Oscar-nominated filmmaker …
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US Sets New Sanctions Against Technology for Syria and Iran
President Barack Obama embraces Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, April 23, 2012. Obama announced Monday a plan to impose sanctions against foreign …
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Political Push Continues on Student Loan Interest Rates
From a Stop the Machine protest in Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Photo: thisisbossi) Washington - Hoping for a federal student loan to help pay for college? Beware, because …
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ALEC’s Vision of Pre-Empting EPA Coal Ash Regulations Passes the House
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment on April 18 to the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 (HR 4348) that would effectively pre-empt the Environmental Protection Agency …
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As FDA Loosens Stranglehold on Research, Studies Use Hallucinogens to Treat Psychiatric Illness
More than 35 years ago, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with similar agencies around the world, imposed a crushing stranglehold on legitimate research with psychedelic …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Open-Government Group Files IRS Complaint Against ALEC, and More
In today's On the News segment: Open-government organization Common Cause filed an IRS complaint against ALEC today, world economy needs to add 200 million jobs to come out of …
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MSNBC: Evidence of Multiple Shooters, Night Raid in Sergeant Bales Case
The first story was shaky from the start, that Sgt. Robert Bales "sneaked" off a combat outpost into hostile, landmined territory in the middle of the night, walked north …
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Public Outcry in New York Over Fracking Breaks State Record
A four-year-old hydraulic fracturing study by New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has broken a state record: It has drawn more public reaction than any other issue in the agency's history. …
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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Immigration Case This Week
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. The US Supreme Court Building. (Photo: matt.h.wade) Washington — Immigration politics will hit the Supreme Court this …
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Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle
Do you support Truthout's reporting and analysis? Click here to help fund it. In Mexico, Wal-Mart advertises its stores on green signs, a color usually reserved for street signs …