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Nurses Gather at NATO Summit to Demand Government Fund Health, Not Death
Truthout has been covering the antiwar movement closely for more than ten years. Click here to help us keep doing this work! Around a thousand individuals, including rocker Tom …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Students in Montreal Are Fed Up, and More
In today's On the News segment: students in Montreal are fed up, the amendment to ban indefinite detention was defeated, voters want President Obama to pick the next Supreme …
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NATO Protesters Held Without Charge After Raid as Chicago Steps Up Police Activities
(Photo: Zach D. Roberts / GregPalast.com) A pre-emptive raid by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) on the home of two Occupy Chicago activists may have happened without a search …
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Seven Hundred and Eighty Caterpillar Workers Unexpectedly Go on Strike in Illinois
Joliet, Illinois -“You’re a rotten animal, that’s what you are. You are a piece of a road kill. Stay off my picket line scab!” shouted Caterpillar worker Gareth Beeson, …
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Obama to Announce Africa Farm Plan to Relieve Poverty
Washington - President Barack Obama will announce an alliance Friday with nearly 50 companies to boost productivity among small farmers in Africa with the goal of lifting 50 million …
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Europe’s Economic Troubles Mount Ahead of G-8
Washington - Europe’s deepening debt crisis is likely to play out on U.S. shores Friday as financial markets digest the downgrade of the creditworthiness of 16 Spanish banks and …
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Facebook Unfriends Uncle Sam: Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan to Avoid Taxes
The right-wing has been lauding Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin for his decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship in order to avoid taxes. But he isn’t the only one who’s …
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon Summoned Before Senate Committee
Click here to support news free of corporate influence by donating to Truthout. Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)Washington …
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How Citizens United Is Leading to More Racism in TV Campaign Ads
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's longtime pastor, during a speech at the …
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Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study
A recent study has found that, under certain conditions, the chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little …