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A Hidden Toll as States Shift to Contract Workers
Grand Rapids, Michigan - Like many states and local governments struggling to cut costs, Michigan hopes to replace some government employees with contract workers who will do the same …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Democrats Make Fourth Try to Pass Portion of Jobs Bill, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Koch brothers got occupied, Senate Democrats make their fourth try at passing a portion of the president's American Jobs Act, Texas may …
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Women Fight to Save Fukushima’s Children
Tokyo - Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the Fukushima meltdown. …
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Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry
“We don’t know how many people it takes to encircle the White House, but we’re about to find out,” Bill McKibben told a crowd of over 12,000 gathered in …
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Making Safer Spaces: Occupy Wall Street Addresses Questions of Security at Zuccotti Park
Rumors of a possible eviction of Occupy Wall Street began late in the afternoon last Thursday, right after Mayor Bloomberg alleged that the occupiers at Liberty Plaza – formerly …
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Poland Steps Into Arab Spring
Benghazi, Libya - As the first foreign official to visit Libya after the liberation announcement made by National Transitional Council, Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski tried to kill two …
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Race Barrier May Topple as Voters Pick Mayor
San Francisco - This city with the country’s oldest Chinatown appears likely to elect a Chinese-American mayor for the first time on Tuesday, and for many residents it is …
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The Pressure Is On: Thousands Encircle White House, Tell Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline
Protesters encircled the White House on Sunday to oppose the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Many who turned out are Obama supporters who are holding him to his campaign …
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Debunking the Iran “Terror Plot“
At a press conference on October 11, the Obama administration unveiled a spectacular charge against the government of Iran: The Qods Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had …
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Movement Brewing to Divest Money From Big Banks
Jenny Do started a pro bono foreclosure clinic at her law firm in 2009 after she noticed that many of her clients filing workers’ compensation claims were also facing …