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The End of Impunity? Indigenous Guatemalans Bring Canadian Mining Company to Court
For the first time, a Canadian mining company will appear in a Canadian court for actions committed overseas.
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Glenn Greenwald and the $250 Million “Angel Investor“
Journalist Glenn Greenwald is leaving British newspaper The Guardian to join a media organization started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
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Whether or Not You Like It, You’re Helping McDonald’s Succeed
That is, U.S. taxpayers, whether they eat at McDonaldu2019s, Subway, etc. or not, are subsidizing the very fast food restaurants that offer criminally underpaid jobs.
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Hawaii: A Voice For Sovereignty
From sacred sites, to indigenous language, Hawaiians are fighting hard to protect their traditions, and their future.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Report Reveals 48 Percent of School Children Come From Low Income Families; Indicates Long-Term Trend in American Poverty, and More
In today's On the News segment: Federal workers, who were furloughed during the shutdown, will receive backpay for the time they weren't able to work, but many others won't be …
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The Afghan Dead Find a List
Thousands of Afghans who gathered for condolence ceremonies in Kabul in late September to commemorate their loved ones, whose names were included on a list obtained in the course …
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For Thousands, Keeping Your Old Health Insurance Policy Isn’t an Option
Health insurance companies are sending notices of cancellation to hundreds of thousands of people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consumers who want to keep what they have …
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The Perils of Patriarchy for Men as well as Women: Another Mass Shooting, another Reason to Begin Discussing Violence and Gender
Mass killings lay bare the way in which violent masculine norms harm all members of society.
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Syria: From Refugees to Asylum Seekers
A massive refugee crisis in Syria persists - and is worsening by the day.
Recent History Offers Fix for Debt Standoffs
Rachel Maddow tells the history of the “Gephardt rule” that made raising the debt ceiling automatic with the budget to avoiding damaging default threats.