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Internet Blackout Today: The Fight for a Free and Open Web
(Photo: Ivana Vasilj) Because our fight for a people-powered democracy and an economy that works for all Americans depends on a free and open Internet, OurFuture.org today …
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Wikipedia, Reddit to Shut Down Sites Wednesday to Protest Proposed Stop Online Piracy Act
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world, will join websites like the content aggregator Reddit to “go dark” on Wednesday in opposition to the …
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US to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors
To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel …
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Revealed: The FBI’s Secretive Practice of “Blackballing” Files
(Photo: kalavinka; Edited: JR / TO) Have you ever filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI and received a written response from the …
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New Tool Reveals Country’s Most Polluted Places: How Close Do You Live?
Looking for some awkward synergy? The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a comprehensive database of America's greatest greenhouse gas creators. It interactively indexes the 6,700 power plants and other …
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SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was born January 15th, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Jon Huntsman Drops Out of the Presidential Race, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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“Memory Is the Active Agent of Collective Social Progress”: Randall Robinson on His New Novel, “Makeda“
“Makeda,” the new novel by TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson, is set at the dawn of the civil rights era. The book follows a young man coming of age in …
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Romney’s Bain Made Millions as South Carolina Steelmaker Went Bankrupt
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - Boston-based Bain Capital LLC more than doubled its money on GS Industries Inc. — the former parent company of Georgetown Steel — under Mitt …
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“Stop Romney” Christian Conservatives Decide to Back Santorum
Columbia, South Carolina - With this state's Republican presidential primary a week away, former Sen. Rick Santorum on Saturday received the endorsement of 150 influential Christian conservative leaders who …