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PBS Killed Wisconsin Uprising Documentary “Citizen Koch” To Appease Koch Brothers
The dispute highlights the increasing role of private money in public television.
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The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science
Behind the study launched to discredit French research that cast unflattering light on Monsanto products.
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Undercover: Police Officer Connected to “NATO 5” Case Still Spying on Protest in Chicago
Why keep an undercover officer in play almost a year after the protests that put him into motion as a spy?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reid Threatening “Nuclear Option” to Banish Filibuster, and More
In today's On the News segment: recently released hospital billing data shows huge disparities in how uninsured patients were charged for care, and more.
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New Path to Citizenship Looks More Like an Obstacle Course
Despite hopeful protests demanding citizenship for undocumented workers, new legislation would make the path to citizenship more complicated.
Chicago Teachers and Parents Launch Three Day March Against 54 School Closings
Increased gun violence expected in Chicago as school closings will force students to cross gang lines in America's deadliest city.
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Housing Crisis on the Rez: Why Haul a Run-Down Shack From the Plains to DC?
Tribal leaders trucked the battered old home to Washington to show the nationu2019s leaders what the housing crisis on reservations looks like in person.
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Despite Sequester, High-Level Federal Executives Slated to Get Bonuses
The Senior Executive Service received more than $340 million in bonuses from 2008 through 2011.
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Freshman Senator Elizabeth Warren Takes on the Financial Industry
Elizabeth Warren, who ranks 97th out of 100 members, refuses to be just seen and not heard. She is already bashing regulators as well as big-bank executives.
FEMA Denies Aid to Housing Co-ops After Sandy
Maybe it's time we overhaul our notion of ownership and “home” just as we're updating our notion of “family.”