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Fueled by War on Drugs, Mexican Death Toll Could Exceed 120,000 As Calderon Ends Six-Year Reign
New stats shed grim light on Calderon's bloody reign.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The “Congressman with Guts” Attended Walmart Protests, and More
The Bank of England named former Goldman Sachs investment banker Mark Carney as its new chief.
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Marijuana Decriminalization Law Brings Down Juvenile Arrests in California
Study says reduction in penalties meant fines, not jail, for young offenders.
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Corrections Corporation of America Used in Drug Sweeps of Public School Students
Recent events in the central Arizona town of Casa Grande show the hand of private corrections corporations reaching into the classroom.
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Solidarity for Tar Sands Blockade and Climate Justice Spreads Worldwide
Members of Peaceful Uprising and Utah Tar Sands Resistance rallied outside the Bureau of Land Management in Salt Lake City on Monday.
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Curbing Filibuster Abuse
A new report shows empirical evidence of how rampant filibuster abuse continues to cause an unprecedented lack of legislative productivity.
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World Energy Report 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the Really, Truly Ugly
Michael T. Klare: Of all the findings in the 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook, the one that merits the greatest international attention is the one that received …
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Fire Kills at Least 118 Factory Workers at Walmart Supplier in Bangladesh
NGOs slammed Walmart over a fire that killed at least 112 workers at a Bangladesh factory.
Massive Fire Kills at Least 118 Factory Workers in Bangladesh at Walmart Supplier
A clothing factory in Bangladesh that has ties to Wal-Mart suffered a massive fire Saturday that left at least 118 dead.
How the Myth Began – Petraeus in Mosul
Petraeus is a new type of military commander whose primary strength isn't strategy or combat command, but manipulation of media to maintain support for wars of choice.