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Radioactive Sludge Leaking at Hanford
The rush to build nuclear weapons during the Cold War created an environmental disaster in Washington State.
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In Death as in Life, Chávez Target of Media Scorn
Venezuela's left-wing populist president Hugo Chávez died on Tuesday, March 5, after a two-year battle with cancer. If world leaders were judged by the sheer volume of corporate media …
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SOF Troops Still in Wardak as Joint US-Afghan Probe Continues
Two weeks after Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded the withdrawal of all U.S. Special Operations Forces, American military presence is still active.
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Fashion Models Shatter Stereotypes, Demand Labor Rights
Fashion models are demanding workplace rights and just compensation; while a tiny percent make a comfortable living, while the majority are in debt to their agencies, paid in clothes …
We Are Those Two Afghan Children, Killed by NATO While Tending Their Cattle
Two young Afghan boys herding cattle in Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan were mistakenly killed by NATO forces yesterday.
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Without More Women, Media Cannot Tell the Full Story
Interview on the challenges facing women in a media industry dominated by men.
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New York Assembly Passes Two Year Fracking Moratorium, Senate Expected to Follow
Could the third time be a charm in 2013 in the Empire State?
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For Some, Owning Guns Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Liking Them
It is these voices of ambivalence that policy makers say are likely to be drowned out by the passion at the extreme ends.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Won’t Give Up Their Efforts to Voucher-ize Medicare, and More
In today's On the News segment: House Republicans won't give up on their efforts to voucher-ize Medicare; the gender pay gap is getting worse; college tuition costs continue to …
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Jack Lew, Citigroup and the Ugland Truth
In 2009, Obama said of the Cayman tax haven Ugland House, “either this is the largest building in the world or the largest tax scam in the world.”