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Mexican Student Movement Confronts Vote Buying and Media Bias in Wake of Contested Election Results
Will Mexico's youth-led movement and newer generations change the very fabric of its country's fragile and belabored democracy?
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Study: Segregation and Poverty Put Black Women at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
In Chicago, nearly 80 African-American women die of breast cancer every year because of racial differences in access to healthcare, a new study suggests, the worst number of any …
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FDA Makes It Official: BPA Can’t Be Used in Baby Bottles and Cups
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that baby bottles and childrenu2019s drinking cups could no longer contain bisphenol A, or BPA, an estrogen-mimicking industrial chemical used in some …
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Obama Says Romney Is Hiding Something in Tax Returns
Obama's new 30-second ad questioned whether Romney paid his fair share of taxes.
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A “Victory” in My FOIA Lawsuit Against the FBI
Founder of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Information Policy calls FBI actions
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How Big Business Has Triumphed in State Legislatures on Civil Liberties, Higher Education and Energy
How three ALEC-like groups normalized extreme state-level policies on energy, civil liberties and higher education.
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In New York Bookstore Contract Fight, Occupy Helped Workers Draw Energy, Media Spotlight
When the union contract at Strand Bookstore expired last summer, the workers did not anticipate spending ten months engaged in a dispute that would fundamentally strengthen their voice on …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Japanese Protesters Take to the Streets Against Nuclear Reactors, and More
On Monday, Republicans in the Senate joined together to filibuster and kill the latest attempt by Democrats to inject transparency in our elections, On Monday, the Georgia State Board …
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Wisconsin Organizations Push for Election Transparency
A coalition of Wisconsin organizations, including the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), have asked state legislators to hold hearings on the need for greater transparency and accountability for …
US Ship Attacks Fishing Boat in Persian Gulf, Killing One
A U.S. Navy fuel-resupply ship that had just passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf opened fire at a 50-foot fishing boat moving toward it, killing …