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Fact Sheet: The Pro-Money Supreme Court
The Brennan Center published a fact sheet detailing the Roberts Court's shift, in a series of decisions since 2007, toward favoring big money interests at the expense of average …

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Know Who Is “Cashing In on Kids“
A collaboration between the group In the Public Interest and the American Federation of Teachers offers progressive education activists a new resource for pushing back against efforts to turn …

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FDA Opens Review of Rules for Over-the-Counter Drugs, Including Acetaminophen
The US Food and Drug Administration has launched a review of the way it ensures the safety and use of over-the-counter drugs taken by hundreds of millions of Americans, …

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Environmentalists Petition EPA to Ban Fracking Wastewater Dumping Off California Coast
Petition asks for total ban after EPA permits unlimited dumping of fracking fluids off California Coast as long as it's reported.

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The UAW Isn’t Giving Up on Workers in Chattanooga, and More
In today's On the News segment: The UAW isn't giving up on workers in Chattanooga; a new report by the Economic Policy Institute proves that our economic system is …

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Chokwe Lumumba, Dead at 66, Leaves Behind Revolutionary Legacy
Tolu Olorunda and Rosa Clemente discuss the tremendous revolutionary legacy of Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, which included internationalism and a model of electoral politics for liberation movements.

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Inside the Army Spy Ring and Attempted Entrapment of Peace Activists, Iraq Vets, Anarchists
More details have come to light showing how the US military infiltrated and spied on a community of antiwar activists in the state of Washington.

Earthquakes Rattle Texas Towns in the Barnett Shale
Since November, Azle, Reno and Springtown, three small cities 50 miles west of Dallas, have been at the epicenter of more than 30 earthquakes.

Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: New Film Refutes Jobs, Security, Gas Price, Tax, Safety, and Climate Claims
The film, “Keystone PipeLIES Exposed,” highlights little known facts about the KXL pipeline project.

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Spying on Activists: New Document Shows Army Targeted Olympia Anarchists, War Protesters
A criminal intelligence analyst for the Army infiltrated activists in Olympia to gather intelligence, which he shared with police, the FBI and a fusion centeru00a0in Washington.