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Punishing Free Speech and Letting Murder Off the Hook: Justice Denied in Missouri
In US District Court in Jefferson City, Missouri, two anti-drone protestors were sentenced for trespassing at Whiteman Air Force Base.
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Arlen Specter, Longtime GOP Senate Moderate, Dies at 82
Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania, was at the center of many of the Senateu2019s most divisive legal battles.
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Taxpayers Spend Millions on Valley Fever in Prisons
Californians are locked into contributing to the cost of treating state inmates sickened by valley fever.
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Frackademia: Controversial SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute’s Reputation Unraveling
Cuts have created new opportunities for the shale gas industry to fill a funding vacuum, with the SUNY system's coffers hollowed out and starved for cash.
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Campaigns Mine Personal Data to Get Out Vote
Campaigns buy data like voters' shopping histories, gambling tendencies, dating preferences and financial problems.
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Romney’s Six Billionaires: This Is What Plutocracy Looks Like
The Romney men desperately want to see the first financier president, a man after their own cold hearts.
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Election Countdown 2012: National Walmart Walkouts Continue Across the Nation, and More
Mission elapsed time: T + 35 and counting* “My little body is weary of this great world.”– Portia, The Merchant of Venice. I must soon throw myself into the …
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JPMorgan Chase’s Tactics to Squeeze Student Loans Debtors
First, the big banks create debt. Then they get paid to collect it.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Was Awarded to the European Union, and More
In today's On the News segment: The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union during a ceremony in Oslo, Norway; 70 percent of all outside spending …
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Know Your Rights: Voter ID Laws Threaten Transgender Voters
Many trans people are already struggling to obtain updated ID's that reflect their true identity, and in some states, that means legal barriers to their voting rights. Elsewhere, de …