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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Swiss Voters Approve Measure to Check CEO Pay, and More
Obama pardons 17 common criminals but White House won't comment on why he won't pardon a political prisoner, and more.
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ALEC Sham Chemical Disclosure Model Tucked Into Illinois Fracking Bill
ALEC continues to corrupt American land by spreading its pro-fracking legislation around the nation.
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The Crisis in Climate-Change Coverage
A complex mix of structural and cultural factors has affected climate-change coverage in the US.
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What Researchers Learned About Gun Violence Before Congress Killed Funding
Research was trying to answer: who were the victims? Who was killed? Who were injured? Under what circumstances?
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Women’s Work: Gender and the Global Food System
Women produce 60 to 80 percent of all food, both as subsistence farmers and as agricultural wage laborers.
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Private Jet as Security Write-Off? 10 Most Insane Tax Loopholes
For corporations and the 1 percent, tax season offers plenty of ways to dodge Uncle Sam.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: 131 Republicans and 60 Corporations Submitted Friend-of-the-Court Briefs in Favor of Gay Marriage to the Supreme Court This Week, and More
In today's On the News segment: This week, 131 prominent Republicans and 60 major corporations submitted friend-of-the-court briefs in favor of gay marriage to the Supreme Court; Arkansas lawmakers …
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Draft Assessment of Tar Sands Pipeline “Devastatingly Cynical“
Keystone XL will require Obama to issue formal authorization, a key bit of leverage that activists are now hoping to use in the weeks ahead.
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Yahoo Bans Working From Home: “Progress” or a Big Step Backwards?
New policy banning working from home at Yahoo brings up issues with working mothers and employees with disabilities.
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Locked Out of Jobs, Formerly Incarcerated Struggle to Reintegrate
To help the recently incarcerated overcome hiring bias, programs such as the Center for Employment Opportunities assemble them into work crews, paid at fair rates.