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Boeing Employees Reject Contract After Company Receives Record Tax Break
Boeing receives almost $9 billion in state tax breaks but threatens to move some operations out of Washington due to a contract dispute.
Leaked Memo Reveals US Plan to Oppose Helping Poor Nations Adapt to Climate Change
Newly leaked documents have revealed how U.S. negotiators at the UN climate summit in Warsaw are opposing efforts to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
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Fukushima: High-Risk TEPCO Work at Reactor 4 Has Started
The process of removing the fuel rods at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has so far been successful.
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Crossroads’ Tax Return Shows Big Donors, But Doesn’t Name Them
Crossroads raised more than twice as much in 2012 as it collected in 2010 and 2011 combined.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Nation’s First Coal Gasification Project May Start Soon, and More
Our nation has seen the dangers of coal mining and drilling for natural gas, but few of us have heard of coal gasification, and more.
Two Months After Russia’s Jailing of Arctic 30, Greenpeace Urges Their Release at Warsaw Summit
The “Arctic 30” are back in court today in Russia where they have been held for two months after being detained in a direct action against Russia's first Arctic …
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Exclusive: Meet India’s Comic Activists Whose Wall Art Is Inspiring Movements — And Changing Policy
Murmu and others like him in India now go by the emerging title of
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Regulations Are Killed, and Kids Die
Under pressure, the Obama administration withdrew rules barring young laborers from dangerous work - a decision with grave consequences for several families.
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What the Government Does with Americans’ Data
For the first time in one report, the Brennan Center takes a comprehensive look at the multiple ways U.S. intelligence agencies collect, share, and store data on average Americans.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Late Season Tornadoes Devastate Illinois, and More
Jim Javinsky in for Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. Over the weekend, a deadly string of nearly 80 tornadoes ripped through …