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GOP Economic Sabotage Continues With Filibuster of Jobless Benefits
Republicans are engaged in yet more hostage-taking obstruction.
EPA: California Offshore Frackers Must Disclose Chemicals Dumped Into Ocean
The EPA issued a rule last week requiring oil and gas firms fracking in federal waters off the coast of southern California to report the volume and chemical makeup …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: West Virginians Facing Fifth Day of Chemical Spill Disaster, and More
More than 300,000 West Virginia residents are facing their fifth day of dealing with a massive chemical spill, and more.
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“Fast Track” Trade Authority Already In Trouble on Capitol Hill
The trade deal itself remains far from finalized, opposition continues to grow in participating countries, and even editorial boards weighing in against the deal.
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Fashion Backward: Cambodian Government Silences Garment Workers
The government has since banned public gatherings of 10 or more people.
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Grad Employees Re-Unionize at New York University—First in the Country
This makes NYU once again the only private university with unionized graduate employees.
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Fracking Opponents Appeal to Annapolis to Prevent Export of Shale Gas at Cove Point
The Cove Point LNG terminal is now at the center of a high-stakes battle for Maryland's energy future.
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Gates Conceals Real Story of “Gaming” Obama on Afghan War
The self-serving Gates account conceals the dishonest tactics employed to get Obama's agreement to the Afghan War escalation.
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New Federal Guidelines Aimed at Stopping Explosion in Harsh School Discipline
Center stories revealed school police abuses, massive ticketing and disciplined kids kicked completely out of education.
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Catholic Bishops’ Allies Dominate Hearing on Sweeping Anti-Choice Bill
A sweeping anti-abortion bill would, among other obstructionist measures, single out for tax penalties women who exercised their Constitutional right to end a pregnancy.