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Banning Home Births: The Next Wave of Reproductive Control?
There is a growing movement to regulate both midwives and home births.
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Fed Orders Post-Crisis Crackdown at Big Banks
The long-anticipated rule covers banks both domestic and international with assets above $50 billion.
Holder’s Speech on Felon Disenfranchisement: A Step Forward or Just Lip Service?
Attorney General Eric Holder called for a ban on laws prohibiting more than 6 million felons from voting.
“Frackgate”: Ohio Regulators Planned to Subvert Eco-Groups, Promote Fracking in State Parks
Republican Gov. John Kasich and Ohio regulators are in hot water over internal documents that show the administration planned to collude with the oil and gas industry to publicly …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Hospitals Close as Georgia Continues to Block the Medicaid Expansion, and More
Another rural Georgia hospital is closing its doors as that state continues to block the Medicaid expansion, and more.
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Food Fight Fizzles
The $956 billion farm bill that President Obama signed into law on Feb. 7 got mixed reviews from progressive advocates.
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Verdict in Jordan Davis Case Highlights Continuing Injustice of “Stand Your Ground“
Once again, Florida's Stand Your Ground law has helped a man escape conviction for killing an African-American teenager.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Workers at a Volkswagen Plant in Tennessee Voted Against Joining a Union, and More
Workers at a Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted against joining the United Auto Workers union, and more.
Lawrence Lessig’s March to End Corruption
In the footsteps of Doris “Granny D” Haddock, activist Lawrence Lessig leads a two-week,185-mile trek through the winter cold in New Hampshire to raise awareness of corruption in American …
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Impunity in West Virginia as Criminal Law-Breaking Polluters Still Walk Free
Recent spills have shown that Patriot Coal and Freedom Industries have both shown a pattern of acting with impunity.