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Poll: Sixty-Five Percent of Americans Want More Fracking Regulations
(Photo: ProgressOhio / Flickr) The number of Americans who say they want more regulation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, outnumber those who want less regulation by a …
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As Obama Picks Up Union Endorsements, a Debate on Labor’s Role in 2012 Campaign
We host a debate on Big Labor’s endorsement of President Obama’s re-election between labor reporter Mike Elk and Arthur Cheliotes, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180, a …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: UN to Weigh In on American Voter ID Laws, and More
In today's On the News segment: Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for all NATO troops to be pulled out of rural areas, United Nations will weigh in on American …
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Storming the Bastille
Translated Wednesday 14 March 2012, by Henry Crapo (who is a member of Truthout's Board of Advisors) and reviewed by Isabelle Métral. "We are going to create a …
Karzai Calls on US to Pull Back as Taliban Cancel Talks
Kabul, Afghanistan - Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows on Thursday as President Hamid Karzai demanded that the United States confine troops …
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Women Figure Anew in Senate’s Latest Battle
Washington - With emotions still raw from the fight over President Obama’s contraception mandate, Senate Democrats are beginning a push to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the once …
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Reid Forces McConnell to Compromise on Judges
As ThinkProgress previously reported, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed seventeen petitions to break Senate Republican filibusters on as many judges earlier this week. Initially, McConnell reacted to …
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My Statement Regarding Greg Smith’s Goldman Resignation
The Goldman Sachs building. (Photo: Waldemar Koscielny / Flickr) Today, I have received dozens of media requests and hundreds of emails regarding former Goldman Sachs executive, Greg …
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Sen. Barbara Boxer Claims Success With Bipartisan Transportation Bill
Washington - The Senate's approval Wednesday of a two-year, $109 billion transportation bill gives Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer a prize that has sometimes eluded her: a newly polished reputation …
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A Public Exit From Goldman Sachs Hits at a Wounded Wall Street
The Goldman Sachs Building and the Empire State Building. (Photo: Derek D / Flickr) Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit …