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Struggling to Keep Hope Alive in Cairo’s City of the Dead
Sarah Lazare reports from Cairo's City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery inhabited by people too poor to pay rent.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Walmart Is Illegally Targeting Employees That Protested During Black Friday, and More
Walmart is illegally targeting employees that took part in the Black Friday protests.
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US Supreme Court Considers ALEC Voting Bill
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on March 18 to decide whether an Arizona statute that imposes restrictions on voter registration conflicts with federal law.
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Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in “Utter Devastation”
nvestigative journalist Dahr Jamail reported for Democracy Now! throughout the early stages of the U.S. invasion of Iraq 10 years ago.
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Solution to Student Debt is to Get the Banks Out of the Education Business
Michael Hudson: Crippling student debt, which is also a drag on the whole ecnonomy, developed as governments pushed the burden of higher education costs onto students and pushed them …
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ALEC, Meat/Poultry Industries, State Bills Target Farm Animal Abuse Videos Revealing Calves Skinned Alive, Cows Suffocated
My brother just emailed me a link from Seattlepi.com that made my stomach turn. Then again, animal cruelty, like all torture, always does, but the abuses in this story …
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Privatization Limits Access to Public Information
As private companies buy up projects in the public sector, transparency becomes a thing of the past.
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Maliki’s Iraq: Rape, Executions and Torture
Iraq is wracked by torture and executions, and fingers are pointing at Prime Minister Maliki.
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The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama’s Energy Pick
Criticism of Ernest Moniz has focused on his support for nuclear power and for natural gas extracted through fracking.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Bill Meant to Strengthen Gun Regulations Could Turn Into One That Actually Enhances Guns Rights, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â The bill the Senate is voting on next month to strengthen gun regulations could turn into one that actually enhances guns rights;Â nearly every state …