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Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op
UE's Republic Windows and Doors Tour. (Photo: mar is sea Y / Flickr) Three years ago, a worker occupation in Chicago saved a factory and sent up …
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Whatever Happened to the Task Force on Oil Speculation?
Washington - When oil and gasoline prices soared last April, President Barack Obama announced to fanfare that the Department of Justice would lead a task force designed to root …
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Syrian Forces Overwhelm Stronghold of Rebels in Homs
Beirut - The Syrian Army overwhelmed the main rebel stronghold in the embattled city of Homs on Thursday, setting the stage for its elite soldiers to turn their attention …
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Heartland Institute: A Manifestation of the Kochtopus Empire
(Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) It is nearly impossible to discuss the vast climate change denial echo chamber and not mention the Koch Brothers, …
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Obama Seeks to End Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Nashua, New Hamshire - With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President …
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A Tale of Two Protests: Shut Down the Corporations in Portland and Tucson
(Photo: Alissa Bohling) Protesters in Portland, Oregon, and Tucson, Arizona, faced very different weather when they hit the streets yesterday, but they had one thing in common: …
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Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Just in time for the release of Brave New Foundation’s new film, Koch Brothers Exposed, Rush Limbaugh has thrown in with Charles …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Are Losing the Obamacare Debate, and More
In today's On the News segment: President Obama quietly won a huge foreign policy victory in North Korea yesterday, Homeland Security keeping a close eye on the Occupy Wall …
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Postal Workers Need Support From the 99 Percent
Flint Bradford raises the American flag as the sun rises over the post office in Ida, Ark., Dec. 30, 2011. In northern Arkansas, people whose post offices are on …
Gordon Gekko Repents: Greed Is Bad
As critical as we’ve been of the government’s failure to prosecute those in the financial world who done us wrong, it’s only fair to acknowledge our nation’s G-men when …