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Congresswoman Lois Capps Calls for Offshore Fracking Moratorium
As the oil industry amps up its campaign to expand fracking (hydraulic fracturing) in California, a prominent California Congresswoman is calling for a moratorium on offshore fracking in federal …
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Privatization and the Affordable Care Act
The roots of the Affordable Care Act web site failures may start in the Reagan Administration's fixation with contracting out federal services.
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Struggles of Younger US Workers Ripple Through Economy
The high amount of students living with their parents has caused a sharp decline in the growth of new households in the US.
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Courageous Boeing Workers Say No to Corporate Extortion
By rejecting a contract that amounted to corporate extortion, the Machinists Local 751 at Boeing have taken a stand for middle-class workers all over the country.
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Cop’s History an Issue in Toy-Gun Slaying
A Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff, who shot and killed a popular Latino eighth-grader holding a toy gun, has a history of overreaction that dates back years.
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New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove’s Group Spent Even More on Politics Than It Said
On its 2012 tax return, GOP strategist Karl Rove's dark money behemoth Crossroads GPS justified its status as a tax-exempt social welfare group in part by citing its grants …
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Japan Eagerly Watches as a Brand New Island Forms
Japan Eagerly Watches as a Brand New Island Forms by s.e. smith November 26, 2013 8:30 …
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Art and Social Change
On November 20, 2013, about 100 Thai artists gathered at the main protest site on Ratchadamnoen Road in Bangkok to express their feelings about the current situation in Thailand. …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Methane Emissions Are Higher Than Previously Thought, and More
Methane emissions in the South Central US are nearly five times higher than previously though, and more.
Common Cause Unites Women, LGBT and Immigrant Rights Leaders
Deportations continue at a record pace in Texas, which has more immigration detention beds than any other state.