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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Lawmakers Are Calling on the EPA To Investigate Water Contamination From Fracking, and More
In today's On the News segment: For the first time ever, our lawmakers are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate water contamination from fracking; trash in the …
Immigrant Advocates and Families Tell President Obama “Not One More”
A group of families and activists fight to reunite Jaime Vasquez and Ardani Rosales with their families.
Twenty Years Later, Rwanda Commemorates Genocide the World Ignored
Rwanda is holding commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the genocide in which 800,000 people were killed.
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As Parents Struggle To Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand To Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents.
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Slumlord Wannabe Blackstone Violates Local Housing Laws by Making Tenants Maintain Rentals
The yawning gap between private equity landlord sales talk and what they are delivering is finally being exposed.
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Want To Fight the Corporate Takeover? Start With a Pint at the Pub
The British government is reversing damage done to local economies by the Great Recession by protecting local pubs.
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Breathless in North Korea
For 60 years, Koreans on both sides of the DMZ have awaited a peace treaty. Instead they've gotten an arms race and political repression.
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Pacific Islands at Sea Over Land Rights
Land in most Pacific countries is for public access for survival and not fenced off by the legal system.
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Resistance to Racism Intensifies in the Netherlands
In the face of these dehumanizing and marginalizing processes, Dutch Moroccan youth have grown restless with the current system.
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Leaders of Teaching Hospitals Have Close Ties to Drug Companies, Study Shows
Pharmaceutical company payments to doctors extend far beyond rank-and-file clinicians and deep into the leadership of America's teaching hospitals.