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A Year Later, Feds Inch Forward on Fair Housing
There have been several significant developments in fair housing. Here's what's happened.
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Obama Approves Major Border-Crossing Fracked Gas Pipeline Used to Dilute Tar Sands
Although TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has received the lion's share of media attention, another key border-crossing pipeline benefitting tar sands producers was approved on November 19 by …
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US Commander in Afghanistan Apologizes for Civilian Death, Injuries
The American commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to apologize for an airstrike that killed at least one Afghan civilian and badly wounded two …
Repro Wrap: Your Boss May Get to Veto Your Birth Control and Other News
The Supreme Court has agreed to review complaints over the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act, which will allow them to decide whether private corporations have the …
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The Massacre in Marikana: Questions Raised About Role of British Company In South African Mining Massacre
Fifteen months on from the mining massacre in South Africa, executives from British-owned Lonmin have not yet been called to appear before the official commission of inquiry into the …
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Conquest: Sexual Violence and Native American Genocide
Andrea Smith, author of u201cConquest: Sexual Violence and Native American Genocideu201d explains the connection between violence against women, and the colonization of native lands and bodies.
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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.