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SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was born January 15th, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Jon Huntsman Drops Out of the Presidential Race, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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“Memory Is the Active Agent of Collective Social Progress”: Randall Robinson on His New Novel, “Makeda“
“Makeda,” the new novel by TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson, is set at the dawn of the civil rights era. The book follows a young man coming of age in …
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Romney’s Bain Made Millions as South Carolina Steelmaker Went Bankrupt
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - Boston-based Bain Capital LLC more than doubled its money on GS Industries Inc. — the former parent company of Georgetown Steel — under Mitt …
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“Stop Romney” Christian Conservatives Decide to Back Santorum
Columbia, South Carolina - With this state's Republican presidential primary a week away, former Sen. Rick Santorum on Saturday received the endorsement of 150 influential Christian conservative leaders who …
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Movement to End High-Stakes Testing Steps Up in Seattle
Teachers in Seattle high schools are refusing to administer a mandatory test, in defiance of public school and union policy.
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France Steps Forward With Robin Hood Tax
Paris - The decision by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to push ahead with a financial transactions tax (FTT) may be a political ploy ahead of elections, but it has …
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White House Airs Objections to SOPA, PIPA Anti-Piracy Bills
Score one for Google. The White House raised concerns Saturday about aspects of pending anti-piracy legislation that has been strongly backed by the Motion Picture Assn. of America, Hollywood's …
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Haitian Farmers Undermined by Food Aid
(Photo: uusc4all / Flickr) In the months following Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, the United States government spent $140 million on a food program that benefited U.S. …
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Bomb Kills Dozens in Southern Iraq
Baghdad - Insurgents mounted another vicious attack against Iraq’s Shiites on Saturday, as an explosion ripped through a group of pilgrims in the southern city of Basra who were …