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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Students Are Taking On College Debt, and More
In today's On the News segment: If corporations paid back their full debt to society, they'd be paying each of our households about $10,000 a year; it appears another discriminatory …
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Will the F-35A Fighter Bomber Be Based in Burlington, Vermont, in 2020?
A plan to base F-35 fighter bombers in Burlington, Vermont, has been sent into a tailspin from contradicting information about their safety.
Going Off the Rails: There’s No Safe Way to Haul Oil by the Trainload
Do we have to wait until a big city erupts into a fossil-fueled inferno before this madness reaches the end of the line?
Women Over 65 Own Nearly a Third of Iowa’s Farmland – Can They Prevent the Next Dust Bowl?
So many older women are inheriting farms that some experts believe training them in land conservation may be society's best bet in protecting the food supply.
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Big Oil’s Lethal Game
Telecom Strikers Win Limits on Outsourcing
FairPoint workers in New England have ratified a new contract, ending the longest US telecom strike in decades.
My War on Terror: Letter to an Unknown US Patriot
I hope, under the circumstances, you'll give some thought to what that word “patriot” should really mean in this country right now.
Austerity Seen as Culprit in Sharp Rise in Suicide Rate Among Middle-Aged People
For all too many middle to upper-middle income workers in the US, when you fall off the corporate meal ticket, the fall is far indeed.
Peace and Planet: The Wind and Rain of Nuclear Weapons Abolition
For Bikini Day, commemorating hydrogen-bomb testing in 1954, Gerson sets the stage for a April 26 NYC rally.
Guns on Campus: Not an Agenda for Women’s Safety
Allowing guns on campus won't reduce sexual assault on campus. Instead, it will increase the risk of homicide.