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Many Americans Left Behind in the Quest for Cleaner Air
For all of her 62 years, Lois Dorsey has lived five blocks from a mass of petrochemical plants in Baton Rouge. She worries about the health of people in …
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Justices Scalia, Thomas Honored at Fundraiser Sponsored by Health Care Reform Opponents
A few hours after the Supreme Court justices met last Thursday, November 10, to consider hearing challenges to the national health care overhaul, Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas …
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Arundhati Roy: Occupy Wall Street Is “So Important Because It Is in the Heart of Empire“
Renowned Indian writer and global justice activist Arundhati Roy is preparing to address Occupy Wall Street on Wednesday. She recently joined us in the studio to talk about the …
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Pentagon Whistleblower Suffered Years of Retaliation, OSC Says
A senior auditor with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) was subjected to years of reprisal in violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act after she blew the whistle on …
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement
Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeaway radio program–audio of Quan starts at the 5:30 mark), casually mentioned that she …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Ohio Governor Allows Fracking in State Parks, and More
In today's On the News segment: There was a massive police crackdown in New York City this morning, the recall effort against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker officially begins today, …
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Case Involving Brain-Damaged Girl Weighs on Romney Campaign
On the day Mitt Romney announced the support of social conservatives, the Republican blogosphere buzzed with reports about how a state agency under the former Massachusetts governor tried to …
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Spotlight G20: G20 Commitments to Tax and Development: A Progress Report Card
Back in September I was sitting in the salubrious office of an official from one of International Financial Institutions – when he slouched back in his chair, sighed and …
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Plans to Sabotage “Recall Walker” Effort, Destroy Petitions in WI Seen Discussed on Facebook
The effort to recall Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker begins in earnest tomorrow, November 15. As TPM's Eric Kleefeld reports, Democrats and other opponents of the WI GOP's big …
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New York Lawyers Guild Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Against Brookfield, Protesters Plan Day of Actions
As relocated Occupy Wall Street protesters regrouped in Foley Square and prepared to march to Canal Street (with a stop at Bloomberg's press conference on the way) the National …