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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Michigan Dems Bring Bill to Up Minimum Wage to $10 an Hour, and More
In todays On the News segment: The Supreme Court today heard arguments about whether human DNA can be patented, and more.
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Gitmo Trial Ethics Breaches Called Possible Obama Plan to Close Prison
Legal observer calls breaches ‘too many fiascos in too short an order to be the result of random chance.’
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Navy Commander Rescinds Order Halting Commercial Flights From Florida to Guantanamo
The Navy commander at Guantanamo has rescinded an order issued last month halting commercial air travel to Guantanamo from Florida.
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Dirty Clean Lies
If you want to stay healthy, wash your hands. That’s the verdict of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose position is that hand-washing is one of …
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Are California Prisons Punishing Inmates Based on Race?
Under the guise of gang violence, prisons in California are enacting racially based lock downs reminiscent of Jim Crow era segregation.
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Small Farms Fight Back: Food and Community Self-Governance
In addition to efforts at the local level, farmers and activists are attempting to tackle the governmentu2019s one-size-fits-all approach to food safety at the federal level.
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Pennsylvania Court Deals Blow to Secrecy-Obsessed Fracking Industry
u201cIn the absence of state law, business entities are nothing.u201d
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Hearts, Minds and Dollars: Condolence Payments in the Drone Strike Age
What happens when innocent civilians are killed in drone strikes?
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The Struggle to Reclaim Paradise
This spirited march was the last of a series of protests on the five Hawaiian islands that Monsanto and other biotech companies have turned into the worldu2019s ground zero …
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Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration
The cuts span a wide range of federal programs and departments; here is what we know so far.