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Anti-Choice Komen Vice President Karen Handel Resigns, Admits Role in Planned Parenthood Decision
Today, Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s controversial Senior Vice President of Public Policy, resigned in protest of the organization’s decision to consider reinstating funding for cancer …
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Daring to Look Behind the Curtain: The Drop-Out Crisis Redux
“Only four out of ten U.S. children finish high school, only one out of five who finish high school goes to college” — does this sound familiar? Possibly at …
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“Best Practices” and “Exemplar Communities”: Ivory Tower Housing Solutions for Haiti
In a 2011 Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti, a group of camp residents and advocates asked “grassroots organizations and all other movements to mobilize with us on …
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The Great Carbon Bubble: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard
If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, whose …
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Deb Richter: A Cure for Broken Health Care
Deb Richter resolved to fix the health care system almost as soon as she began practicing medicine more than two decades ago in inner-city Buffalo. “I was very naive, …
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Bain Execs Spent Nearly $5 Million on Romney’s White House Runs
Former Gov. Mitt Romney giving an interview at a supporters rally in Paradise Valley, Arizona. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Of all the investments made by the super-wealthy partners …
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US Embassy in Syria Halts Operations as Violence Flares
Beirut, Lebanon — The United States closed its embassy in Syria on Monday and withdrew all staff members amid escalating mayhem in what American officials called the Syrian government’s …
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Army Officer Turned Whistleblower: How Many More Must Die?
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis last month after sharing his view on the Afghan war with some members of Congress. "You can't spin the fact that more men are …
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Email Reveals Coordination Between Congressman Rehberg’s Pro-Child-Labor Letter, Big Ag Lobby
Last August, two teenagers handling a large grain auger had their legs severed while working at the Zaloudek Grain Co. in Oklahoma. The Department of Labor has proposed rules …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: China and Russia Veto Resolution Condemning Syrian Violence, and More
In today's On the News segment: 600 Canadian activists rallied to protest tar sands on Saturday, Komen enlists former Bush press secretary for “crisis communications,” DC's Park Police raid …