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Who’s Buying our Midterm Elections?
This week Bill speaks with investigative journalists Kim Barker and Andy Kroll about the role of dark money - and the wealthy donors behind it - in this year's …

On the News With Thom Hartmann: When Business and Politics Mix, the Public Pays the Price, and More
There's an important lesson to be learned from the ongoing coal ash disaster in North Carolina. When business and politics mix, the public pays the price, and more.

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In 1975, CIA Director Told Congress That Enemies of America Could Destroy the CIA With FOIA Requests
Intel agencies always hated FOIA and tried to argue that it was an intelligence vulnerability in and of itself.

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Reckoning Time for Lawbreaking Utilities on Coal Ash?
Sue Sturgis breaks down the numbers in the latest coal ash dumping incidents.

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Questions Remain About US Border Patrol’s Killing of Teen
At least 21 people have died in confrontations with Border Patrol agents, often out of sight of witnesses or fellow agents, in the past four years.

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Anti-Gay Law Will Be Overturned Say Uganda’s Campaigners
Human rights campaigners who filed a recent legal petition against Uganda's draconian anti-gay law believe that they have a compelling case for its nullification.

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A Stillborn Child, a Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on “Fetal Harm“
Rennie Gibbs, a 16 year old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is …

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Oakland Agrees to $4.5 million Settlement for Wounded Occupy Protester
The Marine Corps veteran who suffered brain damage after being shot in the head with a lead-filled beanbag by an Oakland Police Department officer during the 2011 Occupy protests …

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Massachusetts Senate Votes for Childbirth Without Chains
The bill unanimously passed by the Massachusetts Senate prohibits shackling during labor and delivery and sets minimum standards for pregnancy-related care for people in prisons.

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Obama’s Drones Made Simple
Among those targeted and killed by drones have been United States citizens.