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Phony Occupy Link to Weapons Cache
News reports that link Occupy Wall Street activists to weapons bust is found to be more fluff than fact.
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Cornell West: A Voice in the Wilderness
A brief encounter with Cornel West reveals interesting realities about one of the most unique voices in politics today.
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Community Leads its Own Relief Efforts in the Rockaways
Rockaway residents get to know each other, show ingenuity while working in solidarity to provide relief from devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy and the apparent indifference/incompetence of state relief …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Undeterred by 2011 Credit Downgrade After Last Debt Limit Showdown, and More
In today's On the News segment: Supreme Court throws out challenge to law banning guns in Georgia's churches, and more.
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Corporations in Illinois: What Have You Got to Hide?
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, recent introduction of the Illinois Corporate Tax Disclosure and Responsibility Act threatens corporate America with their worst fear: Transparency.
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Ontario Next Right-to-Work Target?
The $15 billion budget deficit in Ontario is the pretext that the right will use to push for right-to-work laws. The battle is just shaping up.
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9 Stories That Will Change Your World in 2013
While the Earth didnu2019t end on December 21, 2012, the yearu2019s end was marked by a new awareness of the urgency of the climate crisis.
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Can You Fight Poverty With a Five-Star Hotel?
In case after case, the verdict was the same: The IFC likes to work with huge corporations, funding projects these companies could finance themselves.
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Groups Decry Obama’s Failure to Close Guantanamo
But, for the second year in a row, he failed to follow through on his threat and signed the NDAA.
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Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain
If your New Year's resolution is to get in shape, the good news is that you might also be improving brain function.