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Los Angeles and New York Pin Down School Kids and Then Say It Never Happened
All school districts in the country are required to tell the federal government how many times kids have been restrained in their schools. But some districts aren't following through.
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Elizabeth Warren Blasts FHFA’s Mel Watt: “You Haven’t Helped a Single Family”
Warren criticized the failure to develop a program for Fannie and Freddie to provide principal modifications to borrowers at risk of foreclosure.
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You Won’t Believe Where These Protests Took Place
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been rubber stamping the go ahead to frack-attack all of the US. The people are protesting en mass.
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No Charges for Oil Exec./Fracking Lobbyist After Assaulting EnviroNews Reporter on Camera
John Peiserich will not face battery charges stemming from a November 17 scuffle with EnviroNews editor-in-chief Emerson Urry.
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Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in Air Around Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale
Air samples taken in the Fayetteville Shale show notably elevated levels of formaldehyde, a suspected human carcinogen.
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Former al-Qaeda Hostage Recounts Nightmare – of Dealing With FBI
The only thing as bad as being tortured for months as a captive of jihadists in Syria was dealing with the US government afterward.
Watchdog Group Files DOJ Complaint Against Dallas Police, Alleging Racial Pattern of Excessive Force
The group claims Dallas police have participated in a pattern of excessive deadly force against Black and Latino people.
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Shale Oil Fuels Indigenous Conflict in Argentina
The boom in unconventional fossil fuels has revived indigenous conflicts in southwest Argentina.
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How the US Intervention Against the Islamic State Has Alienated Syria’s Sunni Arab Opposition
Syria's Sunni Arab opposition says the US decision to attack ISIS has hurt their chances of winning the civil war.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: World Bank Issues Its Third Report on Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment: global temperatures may rise to 4 degrees Celsius by the time today's teens hit their 80th birthday, and more.