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State Department Apologizes for Calling Unionization a Security Threat
The State Department has rebuffed efforts by foreign-born overseas workers to form unions, saying (controversially) in August that doing so would pose a threat to national security.
Amid Record Pay, CEOs Aren’t Celebrating
America's top execs don't have the time to party. They're too busy waging a corporate holy war against what may be the most promising check yet on executive pay …
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Climate Deniers’ Strategy of Confusion
The fossil-fuel industry has invested billions of dollars in propaganda - funding phony ‘scientists’ and bankrolling politicians - to confuse the public about the threat from global warming.
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Richard Nixon Knew Family Planning Saves Taxpayer Dollars, but Today’s GOP Doesn’t Care
As the Affordable Care Act helps more Americans get health insurance, it's time to increase funding for Title X, because the need for family planning services is only going …
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Good Riddance to Good Government and Good Jobs?
Employers who pay low wages and provide low quality or no health insurance shift costs to the taxpayers in the forms of welfare, food supplements, health care and wage …
Truthout TV Interviews Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers About the Current State of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers speak to Ted Asregadoo about the current state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the upcoming attempt to remove the fuel rods, and the …
Are Heartless People Simply Born That Way?
An insensitivity toward the problems poor people face, researchers have shown, reflects a deeper psychological shift that extreme inequality makes all but inevitable.
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One Million K-12 Students Are Homeless
The Department of Education released its latest report on homeless students last month and the numbers are startling.
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Trayvon Martin’s Mother Goes to Washington
Trayvon Martin's mother testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee reviewing the ‘public safety implications’ of the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law.
A Month in to Healthcare.gov, Real-Life Winners and Losers
While it may be too soon to tell, here is a tentative breakdown of who benefits most from the ACA and who loses most.