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Syngenta PR’s Weed-Killer Spin Machine: Investigating the Press and Shaping the “News” about Atrazine
(Photo: pppspics) Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, recently unsealed as part of a major lawsuit against Syngenta, reveal how the global chemical company's …
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US Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by Half
Baghdad - Less than two months after American troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned …
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Santorum Wins Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri, Shakes Up GOP Race (2)
Washington - Rick Santorum seized an important opportunity Tuesday to become the chief conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, as he made a clean sweep of three Republican presidential nomination …
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Santorum Wins Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Shakes Up GOP Race
Former Sen. Rick Santorum speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Washington - Rick Santorum seized an important opportunity Tuesday to become …
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The “Legislative Wall”: Dick Armey’s Top Five Tea Party Republican Candidates
As most independent groups focus on the presidential nomination contest, FreedomWorks for America is focused on electing far-right Republicans to the U.S. Senate. The independent-expenditure-only super PAC is part …
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California’s Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional – Again
Opponents of Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, react after news of the ban being knocked down in court, outside the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals …
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Agribusiness Fights to Allow Children to Work in Manure Pits
Most child labor was prohibited in 1938, but there are a few exceptions for certain industries where children are still allowed to work.
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Big News on Bank Transfers
Two summers ago, at the U.S. Social Forum, I attended a panel discussion about ways to expand the use of credit unions as alternatives to the “too big to …
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The Mammogram Diversion: Is Komen Laying the Groundwork to Reject Planned Parenthood Proposals?
Is the Susan G. Komen Foundation using a “mammogram diversion” as a precursor to denying Planned Parenthood state affiliates access to future grants for breast cancer education and screening? …
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Many Catholic Universities, Hospitals Already Cover Contraception in Their Health Insurance Plans
Catholic leaders and the GOP presidential candidates have intentionally distorted the Obama administration’s new rule requiring employers and insurers to provide reproductive health benefits at no additional cost sharing. …