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Major Electric Utility Dumps ALEC Over Clean Power Plan
American Electric Power is the 107th identified corporation to have withdrawn funding from ALEC.
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Does the US Government Actually Regulate Pipelines?
The federal agency charged with overseeing environmental impacts has never blocked construction of a proposed pipeline.
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Koch-Funded Special Interest Groups and Utilities Bankrolling ALEC Meeting
The gathering is bringing together lobbyists and legislators to plan their 2016 bill agenda for the upcoming legislative session.
Welcoming Refugees Is the Best Strategy Against ISIS
“Welcoming refugees is not a terror threat to our country; it is like a vaccine to protect us from terrorism.”
“We Do Not Want to Die in Silence”: Indigenous People Demand Rights as Draft Climate Deal Reached
Indigenous people from around the world took to Paris to defend their rights and the environment.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Credit Checks Are Discriminatory, and More
In today's On the News segment: Using credit scores to deny people homes or work is simply wrong; Marco Rubio thinks that women don't need a law mandating equal …
Fracking Expands in Latin America, Threatening to Contaminate World’s Third-Largest Aquifer
One-fifth of the water in Latin America's Southern Cone region is at risk of contamination due to fracking.
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Organizing Against Gender-Based Violence in the Name of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz
The struggle of women anywhere in the world is our own.
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Super PACs, Dark Money and the Hillary Clinton Campaign, Part 1
The day after Hillary announced her intention to run for President, Ready for Hillary officially changed its name to Ready PAC to keep operating.
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Ethiopia: The Biggest African Refugee Camp No One Talks About
There's no mitigating the dangers of dealing with human traffickers, rickety boats and the simple capriciousness of the elements.