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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Foreclosure Fraud Victims Re-Victimized by Mishap With Long-Awaited Settlement Checks, and More
In today's On the News segment: Conflicting reports continue surrounding the Boston Marathon explosion, and more.
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Time to Step Up and Speak Out Against Big Oil
We need to get the bought-and-paid-for politicians out of the way and get our press to actually cover the horrors of tar sands oil and the reality of climate …
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Obama Condemns Senators After Defeat of Gun Buyer Background Checks Plan
86 percent of Americans support expanded background checks on gun buyers. But yesterday, the Senate failed to pass a bipartisan plan by a vote of 54-46, 6 votes …
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Congress Refuses to Allow USPS to Fix Its Budget Woes
The USPS has consistently presented lifesaving ideas to an apathetic Congress that seems utterly unconcerned with saving a federal service that caters primarily to the economically disadvantaged.
After Obama Shuns Probe, Bipartisan Panel Finds “Indisputable” Evidence US Tortured Under Bush
The 11-member Task Force on Detainee Treatment was convened by The Constitution Project after President Obama chose not to support a national commission to investigate the counterterrorism programs.
Venezuela Accuses US of Plotting Coup After Deadly Post-Election Protests
Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States and opposition of planning a coup against him after seven government supporters were killed and 60 people were injured in …
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Severer (A Poem)
I am the limbs of the children killed by the drones gathered from the broken trees a sad, frightening fruit an alien among its own hands that once clapped, …
Church World Service and National Immigration Advocates to Congress: Act Now on Reform
Humanitarian agency Church World Service President and CEO the Rev. John McCullough called on God to "grant us the political and moral courage to truly love and embrace one …
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Dropping the ‘i’ Word: History, Humanity and Martians
In early April the Associated Press announced that it would no longer use the word “illegal” when referring to undocumented immigrants. The decision has been hailed by immigrant rights …
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Tax Dollars for the Next Generation
Nothing is certain except birth and taxes. That's right, I said birth and taxes. We know that babies will be born. We know that we will pay taxes. We …