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USDA Ignores Pesticide Ravaging Bee Population, Threatening Global Environment
It has recently been reported that certain research was suppressed concerning the bee decline which has been occurring over the past few years. It seems that the large sum …
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Egypt Today, One Year Later: A Revolution Revisited
One year ago in February 2011, getting to Egypt wasn’t that easy. Back then, my London flight crew suddenly refused, in midair, to layover in Cairo. Instead, we touched …
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Obama Frames His Election-Year Vision in State of the Union Address
Washington - President Barack Obama used an election-year State of the Union address Tuesday night to frame the national debate not as a referendum on him but as a …
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Part II: Increasing Reliance on Guest Worker Programs
(Photos: David Bacon) Over the last 25 years, guest worker programs have increasingly become a vehicle for channeling the migration that has stemmed from free market reforms. …
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In State of the Union, Obama Calls for Minimum 30 Percent Tax on Millionaires
During tonight’s State of the Union, President Obama — noting that one quarter of millionaires are able to pay less in taxes than millions of middle class families — …
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Part 1: Migration – a Product of Free-Market Reforms
(Photos: David Bacon) A political alliance is developing between countries with a labor export policy and the corporations who use that labor in the global north. Many …
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Read These Facts Ahead of the State of the Union Address
Tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. The Republican response will be given by Indiana Gov. Mitch …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Indiana Might Become a “Right-to-Work” State, and More
In today's On the News segment: President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address tonight, Indiana's state Senate has passed legislation turning it into a “right-to-work” state, …
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Six Facts About Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns
After weeks of refusals and equivocation, Mitt Romney finally released his tax returns last night to a handful of media outlets, showing that he made $21.7 million in 2010 …
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Occupy Protesters Build Igloos in Switzerland to Protest Economic Summit
The eviction of Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park in November left protesters without the physical birthplace of the movement around which to rally, and put something of a …