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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 …
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After Fighting the Taliban, Soldiers Return Home to Face Attacks from For-Profit Colleges and Their Lobbyists
After risking their lives abroad, American veterans are returning home to a new set of dangers. For-profit college companies are increasingly targeting veterans and their education benefits as a …
Rick Rozoff Chronicles NATO’s Endless Wars
By hosting a self-proclaimed “nuclear alliance” like NATO, Chicago is violating the spirit if not the letter of the city’s status as a nuclear free zone, passed unanimously by …
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Occupy Chicago Takes on the War at Home
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. (Photo: Mario Garcia-Baeza) In a week of action before the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit hits …
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Court Ruling May Force Advocacy Groups to Disclose Secret Donors
Washington - Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars in the 2012 campaign are now faced with the prospect of having to reveal the donors who have been secretly financing their …
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Occupy the Farm Dug In, Dug Up
The national movement looked local with an Earth Day action that took over a long-disputed tract of land in California's East Bay and turned it into a community farm …
Not in My Backyard! As Local Government Attacks on Women’s Health Increase, Citizens Are Fighting Back
The vicious attacks on women’s health to which we’ve grown so accustomed on the national and state stages are trickling down to the local level, as municipal and county …
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GOP Super PAC Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama
(Photo: Lawrence Jackson / White House)Washington - A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative …
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Activists Win Preliminary Injunction Blocking Enforcement of NDAA’s Military Detention Provision
Seven journalists and activists who sued President Barack Obama earlier this year over the controversial indefinite detention provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) were handed a …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Karl Rove to Launch a $25 Million Ad Campaign Blitz in Ten States, and More
In today's On the News segment: Karl Rove and his Crossroads SuperPAC are launching a $25 million ad campaign blitz in ten battleground states on Thursday, the American people …