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UN Finds “Little Appreciation” for Human Rights Among US Businesses
An expert group says US businesses don't do enough to ensure the protection of human rights of workers and communities affected by their operations.
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Weekly Update: Media Looks for Camps, Occupy Joins Popular Resistance
On May Day, the media was looking for encampments and missed how popular resistance is growing and demonstrating all over the US.
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Women Forge a Space for Themselves in Latin American Labor Movement
Training of women is being given a push, and delegations made up of equal numbers of men and women have started to be required for all activities.
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Five Things to Know About the NRA’s New President
The NRA will induct Alabama lawyer Jim Porter as the new president at their annual meeting this weekend.
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“Retail Exemption” Shields Fertilizer Facilities From Safety Requirements
The exemption can begin a chain reaction of less stringent standards.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New York State’s Highest Court Upheld Two Towns’ Right to Keep Toxic Energy Production Out of Their Communities, and More
In today's On the News segment: the New York towns of Dryden and Middlefield can say “no” to toxic-fuels; North Carolina's Republican senate committee chairman “passed” legislation to end …
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How States Are Making It a Felony to Enforce Federal Gun Laws
Mobilizing the pre-Civil-War doctrine of “nullification,” new bills assert that Congress has overstepped its ability to regulate guns.
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Honey Bee Die-Off Caused by Multiple Factors Including Pesticides
New legislation in Europe curves the use of pesticides in order to fight the decline in bee populations.
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Kochs Form “Business League,” Will Keep Political Spending in the Shadows
With ambiguous IRS rules and a deadlocked Congress, they might get away with it.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Apparel Companies Start to Rethink Their Use of Slave Labor, and More
After several horrific factory collapses in Bangladesh, some U.S. apparel companies are starting to rethink their use of slave labor.