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Tweaked Email Privacy Act Headed Toward Committee Vote This Week
A loophole in an outdated law allows the government to read an individual's stored email if it is more than 180 days old, using only a subpoena.
TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline Resumes Operations After South Dakota Dilbit Spill
TransCanada received permission from federal regulators to restart the pipeline after a 16,800-gallon spill.
Abortion Providers Faced a Staggering Increase in Violence and Threats in 2015
Has amped up anti-abortion rhetoric contributed to the threats against women's health care?
Democracy Spring: More Than 400 Arrested at US Capitol Protesting Corruption and Money in Politics
Similar acts of civil disobedience are scheduled throughout the week.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: It’s Time to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies, and More
In today's On the News segment: If we want renewable energy to flourish in the US, we need to end the massive subsidies to the fossil fuel industry; climate …
Peru Aims to Ratify Trans-Pacific Partnership Amid Protests
The signing of the TPP kindled a vigorous debate on the merits of international trade for the United States and Peru as well.
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Portland Tenants Rally for Rent Control and a Halt to Evictions
Activists demand that solutions be enough to tip the balance of power in favor of renters and brings rent control back to Oregon.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Treasury Department Cracks Down on Corporate Inversions, and More
The Treasury Department proposed new rules that would “wipe out” the massive tax benefits of the largest corporate inversion in US history.
Dahr Jamail | Global Fisheries Are Collapsing — What Happens When There Are No Fish Left?
Climate change and pollution are rendering oceans increasingly lifeless. What happens if there are no more fish in the sea?
Nuclear Nonproliferation Deals and Environmental Injustice in the South
Radioactive material from a Japanese research project will be sent to the South Carolina coast.