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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The TPP Is a Threat to the Environment, and More
We already knew that the TPP is a threat to our jobs, our civil rights, and our national sovereignty, and now we know it's also a danger to our …
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Judge: Second Amendment Includes the Right to Purchase Guns
In a ruling earlier this month, a US District judge pointed out once again it is impossible to ban guns in the United States.
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Washington State Bill Proposes Criminalizing Help to NSA, Turning Off Resources to Yakima Facility
Washington has become the first state with a physical NSA location to introduce a Fourth Amendment protection act.
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Obama Says He’ll Bypass Congress to Boost Economy
President Obama is embracing a do-it-yourself approach to reviving the nation's economy, saying Wednesday at North Carolina State University that he will bypass Congress where he can to help …
Fighting Back Against the NSA’s Dragnet Web: Can Activists Turn the Tide in a Draconian Digital Era?
After a court struck down net neutrality provisions, an online protest follows a critical moment for internet freedom.
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Beyond Net Neutrality: Grassroots Voices Tell Tom Wheeler What’s Up
Activists lined up recently to tell new FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler how telecom policies affect their lives.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Republicans Manage to Block Two Different Attempts to Extend Long-Term Unemployment Benefits, and More
On the one-year anniversary of the death of internet-activist Aaron Swartz, three judges in DC killed the internet.
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Oil-by-Rail Industry in North America Begins 2014 with Another Spectacular Crash
Seven cars in a 152-car coal train derailed in the center of the Vancouver region on Jan. 11.
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Why Cory Booker Is Trying to Deep-Six Obama’s Historic Efforts at Peacemaking with Iran
The newly minted New Jersey senator has joined forces with the countryu2019s most reactionary forces in foreign policy.
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Moral Monday Movement Spreads Through the South
At the same time North Carolina's Moral Monday movement is inspiring progressive activists in other states, its leaders have announced plans to continue the fight at home.