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First Unplanned Arrests in Chicago NATO Week of Action Have Activists Saying Police Overreacted
In what may be the first unplanned arrests during the NATO week of action, two activists were arrested after protesters from an action at the headquarters of Immigration and …
Elizabeth Warren Says JPMorgan Trading Debacle Shows “We Need to Go Back to Boring Banking”
Massachusetts Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren reacted to the news of JPMorganu2019s $2 billion trading debacle by calling for the banku2019s CEO, Jamie Dimon, to step down from his …
Public Art ATL: Elevate Underground Present “Harriet Rising”
On display on the Alabama Street above Underground Atlanta, is a public art installation by artists Lisa Tuttle and Alice Lovelace. It’s a three-dimensional, multifaceted grouping of polyptych towers …
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Sherrod Brown Held Corporations Accountable, Now They’re Spending Millions to Unseat Him
By now, most Americans realize that Big Money is a powerful force in American politics. Members of Congress often shy away from regulating an industry that showers them with campaign …
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Boehner Vows Another Showdown Over Debt and Taxes
Boehneru2019s address to a Washington budget forum had chilling echoes of the 2011 clash over increasing the debt ceiling.
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When Polluted Water Is Safe to Drink: Inside the Dimock Fracking Fight
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent the past four months testing water wells used by families in the rural community of Dimock, Pennsylvania, where residents and environmental …
Government Recants Major Terror Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
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A History of Campaign Advertising
David Schwartz is the chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image and curator of The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008, an online exhibition featuring more than …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Lawsuit Could Put an End to the GOP’s Perpetual Senate Filibuster, and More
In today's On the News segment: Common Cause files suit against the US Senate over filibuster rules, all signs now point to a Greek default and exit from the …
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Today, ALEC Brings Lawmakers and Big Oil Together to Undermine Clean Energy
Today, behind closed doors in Charlotte, North Carolina, legislators from 15 states will meet with the oil and gas industry to discuss so-called “model legislation” as part of the American Legislative …