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On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Considers Government Shutdown to Protect Big Oil, and More
The last government shut down cost our nation billions, but Republicans are thinking about doing it all over again just to protect Big Oil and the Coal Lobby, and …
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Credit Rating Industry Dodges Reforms, Despite Role in Financial Meltdown
Flaws in bond rating system that led to financial collapse remain.
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The Grim Reality of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
The recent surge in unaccompanied, undocumented minors apprehended at the US-Mexico border draws attention to the poverty and violence ravaging Latin America and the lack of resources available to …
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Bike Share: Safe or Not Safe? A New Study on Brain Trauma Raises Questions
As more and more cities add bike share programs, it's important that we talk about safety, and for a lot of people that discussion comes down to helmets.
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ACLU: Documents Show Effort of Police and US Marshals to Deceive Courts in Use of Controversial “Stringrays“
The ACLU has uncovered instructions from the US Marshals Service that appear to tell police to actively deceive judges and defendants about the use of the controversial surveillance tool …
Take a Walk on a Leaky Uintah Basin Oil Well With a Whistleblowing Oil and Gas CEO
In response to national news in late May that pointed to a potential cluster of stillborn births in the heavily drilled and fracked Uintah Basin, we take you inside …
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WikiLeaks Reveals Global Trade Deal Kept More Secret Than the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trade in Services Agreement would make it easier for corporations to make profits and operate with impunity.
From Governor Moonbeam to “Big Oil Brown”
Southern California marine waters were fracked at least 203 times in the past 20 years.
Enbridge Pipeline Decision Violates Rights of First Nations
Chief Na'Moks of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation says the pipeline will have a devastating impact on the environment of First Nations communities.
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Julian Assange Remains Trapped in Ecuadorian Embassy Two Years Later
WikiLeaks founder's Attorney Michael Ratner explains how the US, UK and Sweden share responsibility for Assange's inability to leave.