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On International Women’s Day, Celebrate Feminist Victories of 2011
Today is International Women's Day. Christine Ahn and the Global Fund for Women mark the occasion by recalling substantial wins for women in 2011. On International Women’s …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Scott Walker Turns to Millionaires to Defeat the Recall, and More
In today's On the News segment: A new SuperPAC sprung up in the Badger State this week calling itself the "Defeat the Recall" campaign; killing off the EPA means …
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Forced Ultrasound, “Informed Consent,” and Women’s Health in Texas: The Sad State of the State
Last month, when news spread that Virginia legislators were considering a forced trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, the uproar was loud, clear and immediate: women would never stand for this invasive …
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Wisconsin Judge Halts “Extremely Broad and Largely Needless” Voter ID Law
A Wisconsin judge has issued a temporary injunction against Wisconsin’s new voter ID law, calling it "the single most restrictive voter eligibility law in the United States.” Wisconsin’s voter …
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Koch, Cato Institute Battle Could Test Non-Profit Law Limits
Billionaires Charles and David Koch are suing in Johnson County court, trying to enforce decades-old contracts related to control of the Cato Institute, a famous libertarian think-tank based in …
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Chicago Kicks Out G8, Prepares for NATO
(Illustration: Jared Rodriguez / The Occupied Chicago Tribune) It’s not you, it’s me, said the White House in announcing their plan to move May’s G8 summit from …
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Subprime Schools Lobbyist Trent Lott Explains How He Won Over Congress
The for-profit college industry – which runs what some would refer to as “subprime schools” – is facing more and more scrutiny for its abusive practices that leave …
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The Peace Movement Needs Kucinich, With or Without Congress
(Photo: Andy Carvin / Flickr) If Congressman Dennis Kucinich becomes simply Dennis Kucinich sans the "Congressman" his value to the peace movement need not diminish. …
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Obama Unveils “Clean” Vehicle Initiative
Mount Holly, North Carolina - Mixing politics with policy, President Barack Obama returned to North Carolina on Wednesday to step up his wooing of this key election-year swing state …
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The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
What’s it like to give birth or raise an infant, inside the walls of a prison? Or even worse, have to give up your child the day it’s born? …