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Dahr Jamail | Oil Trains Don’t Have to Derail or Explode to Be Hazardous, Doctors Warn
Doctors warn of major health dangers posed by US oil trains - even when they don't derail and explode.
Federal Judge Orders Release of Albert Woodfox, Held 40+ Years in Solitary Confinement [Updated]
Albert Woodfox is the longest-serving US prisoner in solitary confinement.
More Than 8 Million Iraqis in Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance
The EC estimates that about 8.2 million Iraqi people are in need of some form of emergency assistance.
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US Austerity Politics: One State’s Attempt to Destroy Democracy and the Environment
Something is rotten in the state of Michigan.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Warming Waters Are Drastically Altering Ocean Biodiversity, and More
In today's On the News segment: Major changes in ocean biodiversity due to climate change are more extreme than anything our planet has seen in 3 million years; 20-year-old …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Study Confirms US Presidents Serve the Wealthy Over the Poor, and More
Data suggests presidents “shirk citizen control,” and more.
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Workers Confront Walmart Executives at Star-Studded Company Event
Three years into their movement, OUR Walmart members go to the belly of the beast to shake up a shareholders' meeting.
Potent Pesticide Still Used at Levels That Defy Scientists’ Warnings
Residents in farming counties are being put at a higher risk of cancer.
California Senate Passes Bill Banning New Offshore Drilling
SB 788, a bill to ban new offshore drilling, passed off the Senate floor.
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Families of Police Violence Victims Face Trauma Without Support
Truthout spoke with relatives of murdered Black men, who described feeling angry and isolated, their lives left in tatters.