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Federal Appeals Court Rules Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
The US appeals court in Boston became the first such court to strike down as unconstitutional the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Chicago Factory Occupiers Form Worker Cooperative
The group of workers who occupied their Chicago factory in 2008 and again in 2012 incorporated a worker-run cooperative on May 30, 2012.
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Facing Down the Bankers
Better Markets, a nonprofit organization that pushes for a stringent interpretation of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law. Think of Better Markets as Occupy Wall Streetu2019s suit-wearing cousin.
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Wisconsin Recall: Walker Rakes in Millions While Koch Brothers Pump Secret Cash
The June 5 Wisconsin recall vote is just days away, and Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised more campaign cash than any candidate in Wisconsin history, with more than …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The New American Job Killer Is Bank of America, and More
In today's On the News segment: The new American job killer is Bank of America, 23 percent of all American children live in poverty, ten thousand wealthy households paid …
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Aggressive Subprime College Industry Lobby Group Ratchets Down – for Now
The for-profit college advocacy group Coalition for Educational Success (CES) has now dramatically reduced spending on lobbying.
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ACLU Report Shows Abuses in Georgia Private Immigration Facility; CCA Alleges No Knowledge of Bad Conditions
The report detailed widespread lapses in standards as well as punitive treatment of immigrants who were mentally ill or filed grievances about conditions at the detention centers.
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Is JPMorgan Paying for John Boehner’s Personal Polling Operation? Questions Surround Shadowy Front “New Models USA“
New Models appears to exist for the express purpose of hiding political money.
Divided British Court Upholds Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to Sweden
Britainu2019s Supreme Court has upheld the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sex crimes.
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Obama Awards Medals to Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison and others
u201cToday we present this amazing group with one more accolade for a life well lived,u201d he said as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the recipients.