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Activists Fight to Hold Exxon Mobil Accountable in Valdez Oil Spill (Part One)
(Photo courtesy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council) Rick Steiner is currently in the middle of a legal battle with Exxon Mobil Corp. over the …
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Congressional Democrats Seek to Curb Tough State Voter-Screening Laws
Washington - Democrats on Thursday ratcheted up efforts to combat new voting laws adopted by 13 states that Democrats contend are deliberate efforts to keep its core voting blocs …
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650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month – More Than in All of 2010 Combined
One of the tactics the 99 Percenters are using to take back the country from the 1 percent is to move their money from big banks to credit unions, …
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Greek Leader Calls Off Referendum on Bailout Plan
Athens - After a tumultuous day of political gamesmanship, Prime Minister George Papandreou called off his plan to hold a referendum on Greece’s new loan deal with the European …
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Vehicle-to-Grid: A New Spin on Car Payments
Willett Kempton is an anthropologist. And an electrical engineer. On this winter morning at the University of Delaware, both skill sets come in handy as he courts …
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In the Last 30 Years, College Tuition Tripled
A new report from Demos looking at The Economic State of Young America shows that “average [higher education] tuition is three times higher today than in 1980.” “Average tuition …
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Obama Demands Passage of Jobs Bill But, Again, It’s Not Likely
Washington - President Barack Obama stood Wednesday before an aging Washington bridge and urged a bitterly divided Congress to approve his plan to boost infrastructure spending, but the effort …
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OWS Oakland Takes Over City, Shutting Down One of the Biggest Ports in the Country – But Nightfall Brings More Chaos and Teargas (3)
Protesters march through the Port of Oakland during the general strike organized by Occupy Oakland, in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 2, 2011. Police kept a low profile as protesters …
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Emails Shed Light on New Guantanamo Policy Surroundng Detainees’ Legal Mail
A guard tower at Camp Delta, part of the prison facility at the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on July 23, 2008. (Photo: Fred R. Conrad / …
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OWS Oakland Takes Over City, Shutting Down One of the Biggest Ports in the Country – but Nightfall Brings More Chaos and Teargas (2)
As many as 15,000 people participated in actions across Oakland yesterday, with small marches peeling off to protest in front of banks or “occupy” foreclosed homes. There were probably …