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Latif Autopsy Report Ready: Public Resolution to Gitmo Mystery Endures
Long-awaited answers to the mysterious death of man detained for more than a decade at Guantanamo may reside in an autopsy report that apparently won't be made public anytime …

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Move to Amend Wins Big at the Ballot Box: Americans Fed Up with Big Money and Undue Corporate Influence
From Massachusetts to Oregon, Colorado to Illinois and Wisconsin, and Ohio to California, citizens throughout the country voted overwhelmingly yesterday for their legislators to pass a constitutional amendment to …

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Kansas, Missouri Won’t Set Up Health Insurance Exchanges
States have less than a week to decide whether they will set up insurance exchange markets or whether the government will step in. Kansas, reluctantly, chose federal intervention.

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Millions of Voters Demand Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Voters from red Montana, to blue Massachusetts and purple Colorado all agreed on one thing: Citizens United must go.

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A Binder Full of 20 Women Senators
The 113th Congress will have 20 female senators, the most ever in US history.

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Sandy Sweeps Away New York City’s Only Day Laborer Center
Since the NYPDu2019s decision to deny entry to the area, workers have been forced to go back to street corners.

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California NAACP Sells Out to Big Agriculture on Genetically Modified Foods
We at Black Agenda Report have been pointing out a long time now that what used to be black and Latino civil rights and civic advocacy organizations have turned …

Massachusetts Voters Urge Tax Fairness, Military Cuts to Avoid “Fiscal Cliff” and Protect Vital Programs
Boston, November 7, 2012 - By a three to one margin, Massachusetts voters yesterday sent a clear message to both Democrats and Republicans in Washington about the federal budget …

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Chesapeake Energy Tied to Mansfield, OH Bill of Rights Astroturf Attack
Oil and gas corporations in Mansfield, OH are attempting to defeat the

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Re-Elected by a Landslide, and More
In today's On the News segment: Obama won a second term by a landslide in the election; Democrats scored big in the Senate; marriage equality is legalized in Maine, …