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Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling, and the Reality of Racism
It would be easy to attack the offensive comments made by Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling over the past few days, but their comments reflect a dominant train of …
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Senate to Obama: Drone, Baby, Drone
Five years of Obama drone strikes, at least 2,500 people in their graves, and none of the transparency promised has materialized.
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Six Reasons Why Obama’s Clemency Program for Drug Offenders Doesn’t Change Mass Incarceration One Bit
The Obama administration is talking up the possibility of using presidential clemency powers to release some prisoners, but this is not the beginning of a rollback of America's prison …
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Crain’s Detroit Business Editor Channels Slave Imagery, Says Detroit Needs ‘Permanent Overseer’
Of all the things they've endured, Detroit residents can now add grotesque racial insensivity from a newspaper editor to their list.
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Fast Food Pulls a Fast One
The vast profits this industry pulls in are lining the pockets of its CEOs while many of those who work in the kitchens and behind the counters are struggling …
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Bundy’s Friends Have Become the Kochs’ Useful Idiots
Militia groups think they're protecting a humble rancher from a government land grab, but they're actually helping a few robber barons make a land grab of their own.
“As Consumers, We Are Guinea Pigs”: Vermont Set to Become First State to Require GMO Food Labeling
Vermont is poised to become the first state to require the labeling of genetically modified organisms in food products.
As Unrest Grows, Is Ukraine Paying the Price of US-Russian Ties Stuck in Cold War Era?
The United States and the European Union have imposed new sanctions on Russia, and the moves come as the crisis in eastern Ukraine faces continued chaos.
Alan Robock: No CO2 Eureka Moment, Just Years of Statistical Analysis
The human influence on climate change has been proven with years of statistical evidence.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Delays Decision on Keystone Pipeline, and More
Earlier this month, the Obama Administration announced that they will delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until after the November elections.