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“Retail Exemption” Shields Fertilizer Facilities From Safety Requirements
The exemption can begin a chain reaction of less stringent standards.
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The Tea Party and the Muslim Brotherhood: Twins Separated at Birth
On two different continents, two conservative social movements, which on the surface may seem to have nothing in common, are conspiring against democracy to derail any progress of individual …
Secret “Free Trade” Negotiations Will Gut Regulations, Further Enrich Multinationals and Big Financial Firms
One of the most disturbing aspects of both negotiations is that they are being held in secretu2026.secret, that is, if you are anybody other that a big US multinational …
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Sandy Hook Promise: There Will Be Change
As the NRA holds its annual meeting in Houston this weekend (expected attendance: more than 70,000), you see its tracks everywhere.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New York State’s Highest Court Upheld Two Towns’ Right to Keep Toxic Energy Production Out of Their Communities, and More
In today's On the News segment: the New York towns of Dryden and Middlefield can say “no” to toxic-fuels; North Carolina's Republican senate committee chairman “passed” legislation to end …
Obama Seen Unlikely to Sharply Escalate Intervention in Syria
Jim Lobe: The Pentagon also appears highly reluctant to take military action.
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How States Are Making It a Felony to Enforce Federal Gun Laws
Mobilizing the pre-Civil-War doctrine of “nullification,” new bills assert that Congress has overstepped its ability to regulate guns.
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The Political Roots of American Obesity
Doctor of Oriental medicine E. Douglas Kihn argues that the squeezing of the American worker, starting under the Reagan Administration, has created a worried, hurried population succumbing to
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Remember This Day: Uno De Mayo
Some of the media scribes who attended the dedication ceremony on April 26 for the George W. Bush $250 million Library and Museum on the Southern Methodist University campus …
Shareholder Protection Act Would Restore Responsible Governance to Corporate Political Spending Decisions
he Shareholder Protection Act, reintroduced today by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), is critical legislation because it would bring responsible corporate governance to corporate political …