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Federal Toxic Pollution Website Down for Months, Leaving Eco-Groups in the Dark
With a federal website listing thousands of toxic pollution reports scrapped due to a security breach, environmental watchdogs are without a crucial tool for holding polluters and government regulators …
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Protesters Stall an Oil Train for Hours at Anacortes, Washington
An act of civil disobedience on the refinery tracks brings three arrests.
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Without Clear Regulations, Disabled Children Regularly Restrained and Isolated in School
More than 250,000 school children - many of them disabled and of color - are restrained or put into isolation each year for behaving in ways that are considered …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Failure to Raise Wages Has Cost Americans $6 Billion, and More
In today's On the News segment: If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation since 2009, American workers would have earned another $6 billion over the last five …
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A National Disgrace: Violence Against Native Women
The federal government has made some efforts to reduce the violence, but there is a long way to go before indigenous women are afforded their full civil rights.
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It’s Not Just Low Pay Stressing Out Part-Time Workers
A single mom working two jobs should know if her hours are being canceled before she arranges for daycare and drives halfway across town to show up at work.
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A Top-Secret Agreement to Carve Up Public Services
The US, EU countries, and a score of other States have begun negotiations on trade in services in Geneva. Distinguishing mark: these dealings are to remain secret for five …
“Our Village Has Become a Ghost Town”: a Distressing Phone Call From Gaza
Raed, 31, knew that his cousin had been killed by an Israeli sniper in Gaza earlier that day, leaving behind a wife and six children.
New Study Reports Sexual Harassment, Assault May Be Dissuading Women From Careers in Science
In a new study of scientific researchers, 64 percent of participants surveyed said they were sexually harassed or assaulted while doing fieldwork.
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The Changing Map of Latin America
The recognition of indigenous peoples' “ownership” of land in some Latin American countries has proved to be a disguised path to capitalist exploitation.