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FCC Fines Radio Station for Airing “Fake News” from Labor News Show
Earlier this month, the Federal Communication Commission fined the Chicago-based for-profit radio station WLS-AM $44,000 for running eleven 90-second labor journalism news segments paid for by Workers Independent News …
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Nine More Dirty, Aging Coal Plants Set to Close
(Photo: Necromundo) Today was a big milestone for people who care about public health and a livable climate. Two utilities announced the planned closure of nine coal …
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Why Was Stephon Watts Killed?
Stephon Watts suffered from autism, but he was like other 15-year-olds in many ways. He loved to fix computers, watch YouTube and read Dr. Seuss books. On …
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Poll Finds Unprecedented 25-Point Gap Between Supporters and Opponents of Marriage Equality
A 25-point gap now separates supporters and opponents of marriage equality in California, with 59 percent of residents backing same-sex marriage and just 34 percent opposing it, a new …
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Drone-Strike Survivors Ask, “What Kind of Democracy Is America?“
A member of the 214th Reconnaissance Group flies a Predator aircraft drone in support of ground troops in Iraq and Afghanistan at Davis-Monthan Air Base in Tucson, March 10, …
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Recently Released Autopsy Reports Heighten Guantanamo “Suicides” Mystery
The entrance to Camp Delta at the US Naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, seen in June, 2010. (Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times) Autopsy reports …
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Occupy Takes Aim at ALEC Today in 70 US Cities
Protesters, supported by Occupy Santa Fe, demonstrate against ALEC and the influence of money in politics outside the Eldorado Valley Hotel, January 25, 2012. (Photo: suenosdeuomi) The …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Debt Collector Industry Is Booming, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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WikiLeaks Exposes Department of Homeland Security Spying on Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street, November 15, 2011. (Photo: Ed Gaillard) Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings last night posted a story on an internal DHS report entitled "SPECIAL …
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Occupy Wall Street Rallies Monitored by Dow Chemical
Occupy Town Square in Tompkins Square Park, East Village, New York. February 26, 2012. (Photo: David Shankbone) Last night, Wikileaks revealed a massive trove of e-mails from …