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License Plate Scanners, Black Boxes Track Location of Millions of Motorists
Documents obtained by the ACLU reveal location records are being stored by law enforcement agencies across the nation without oversight.
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The B-Team Tries to Save Capitalism. Is it worth saving?
A group of hyper-capitalists, including Sir Richard Branson and Arian Huffington recently launched the “B-Team.” As Huffington describes it, the global business leaders come together to form the B-Team …
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Sexual Abuse and the Juvenile Justice System
Sexual violence is rampant in youth detention facilities. We know this because many kids who were victimized while in custody have bravely spoken out. We also know this because …
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When House Conservatives SNAP, Here’s How Bad It Gets
Conservatives continue to slash down government programs for the poor and elderly.
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Florida Occupation Digs in After Meeting with Governor Scott Turns Sour
The Dream Defenders has been occupying Florida's capitol building since Monday afternoon.
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Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells
Many corporations work like tumor cells for the relentless destruction of the environment.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: An Ohio Gun Group Gathers Donations to Arm George Zimmerman
Shane Farnan here – in for Thom Hartmann – on the news... You need to know this. An Ohio gun group, The Buckeye Firearms Foundation, says, "We're buying Zimmerman …
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Former US Olympian Escapes Christian Sect’s Ideology of Fear
Former US Olympic Skier shares her fall from grace as she went from alcoholic to a brainwashed member of a religious cult.
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“Toxic Triangle” Residents Refuse to Go Quietly on Anniversary of Kelly Closure
A dozen years since the closing of Texas' Kelly Air Force Base, ailing residents and community activists gathered to decry contamination, injustice.
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Chris Hedges: The Liberal Elite Have Betrayed the People They Claim to Defend
Chris Hedges says The Democratic Party used to watch out for the interests of labor and even for the poor. But that all changed under Bill Clinton.