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Kellogg’s Delivers Memphis a Slap in the Face
A lockout is part of a plan to make Kellogg union-free.
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TransCanada’s Keystone XL South Pipeline Begins Operations
TransCanada is surely celebrating now that it has a pipeline system in place connecting the tar sands in Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast refineries and export terminals.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Want to Protect Tax Havens for Billionaires, and More
Republicans want to protect tax havens for billionaires. They don't want the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to go into effect later this year, and more.
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Zapatista Communities Celebrate 20 Years of Self-Government
The Zapatistas are still running their own schools and hospitals, raising new generations, and carrying on a dialogue with the outside world that has enriched both sides.
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Some States Have a Sneaky Plan to Stop the NSA
Six states have introduced bills that would impede NSA operations within their boundaries.
Wily Wendy: Media, Political Opponents Employ Sexist Rhetoric Against Wendy Davis Campaign
Right-wing pundits and politicians are latching onto a few minor discrepancies in Wendy Davis' life story to smear the state senator with traditionally sexist tropes.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Economic Inequality Is a Major Threat to Human Progress, and More
85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top one percent has 65 times the wealth of the bottom …
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“Like Gravity” Fast-Track Trade Sinks Jobs and Wages
With hundreds of groups across the political spectrum - from progressive environmental and consumer groups to the conservative Farm Bureau and Tea Party patriots - lined up against the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Chips Away at Social Safety Net, and More
Congress can't find the willpower to raise taxes on the rich, but that hasn't stopped them from chipping away at our retirement and slashing our social safety net, and …
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Six Drugs Whose Dangerous Risks Were Buried So Big Pharma Could Make Money
New meds are being rushed to the market so industry can start making money even before safety has been determined.