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Obama to Congress: Pass My $447 Billion Jobs Plan Now
Washington - With the nation verging on renewed recession, President Barack Obama urged a divided Congress Thursday night to back his new $447 billion jobs package, which he promised …
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Longshore Workers Dump Scab Grain to Protect Jobs
The confrontation between West Coast longshore workers and an anti-union exporter exploded as pickets massed on railroad tracks by the hundreds yesterday to block grain shipments. Police …
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New Documents Suggest DoD Watchdog Covered Up Intelligence Unit’s Work Tracking 9/11 Terrorists
The north tower of the World Trade Center collapses after two highjacked planes crashed into the twin towers of the center, in New York on September 11, 2001. (Photo: …
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Those Hoping to “Seize DC” Have to Wait for October
Even as the last of the 1,252 people arrested in front of the White House in opposition to the tar sands pipeline were being handcuffed and processed, another group …
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Congresswoman Lee Introduces Bill to Repeal the Authorization to Use Military Force
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, like Jeanette Rankin before her, bravely stood alone in Congress against a vote for war, the vote in 2001 for the so-called Authorization to Use Military …
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‘Workampers’: What It’s Like to Wander Around the Country in an RV Desperately Looking for Work
Where are the jobs? That question is on the minds of millions of Americans who have lost jobs during the Great Recession. During this historically lean jobs creation period, …
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EU High Court Rules on GMO Contamination; Opens Door to Biotech Liability
On Sept. 6, the European Union’s top court paved the way for farmers and beekeepers to recoup losses when their crops or honey become genetically contaminated from neighboring GM …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: United Nations Warning Europe and United States to Drop Austerity Agendas
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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A Qaddafi Exile in Africa Is Unlikely, Experts Say
Nairobi, Kenya - Despite reports that Moammar Gadhafi is fleeing toward Niger or nearby Burkina Faso, few experts on African politics believe it is likely he would be granted …
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UAW Dissidents Push Second-Tier Workers into Contract Talks
Auto worker dissidents are claiming progress in their months-long campaign against the two-tier system that pays new hires about half a “traditional” worker’s wage. As bargaining …