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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Are Refusing to Negotiate on the Senate’s Recently Passed Spending Plan, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republicans are refusing to negotiate at all on the Senate's recently passed spending plan;Â fertilizer industry groups have been lobbying Congress for even weaker …
Don’t Do Interpretive Street Corner Dance (Move To Amend Campaign #2)
Nearly 300,00 people have signed the Move To Amend petition that states: We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling …
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How Big Business Robs Us With “Externalities“
Profiting off of externalities is at the core the business model for many corporations in America and across the globe, and corporations are profiting off of them big time.
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Budget Shocker: Los Angeles Shows $119 Million Surplus
The reasons for Los Angeles' comparatively good financial condition include a legal groundwork laid years ago that required specific funding safeguards, recent give-backs from public sector unions and an …
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A Tale of Two Tragedies
Mike Ferner: A more developed sense of national empathy would better each of our lives.
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Authoritarianism Has Quietly Enveloped Every Part of American Life – We Must Fight Back
Privacy, not surveillance, is what must be justified now. We must make sure not to draw the wrong lessons from Boston.
Privatizing Europe
Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the crisis to entrench neo-liberalism.
Palestinian Authority Budget 28 Percent for Security Forces – Funded by US
Shir Hever: US funds to the PA are earmarked for security forces that control militant opposition to Israel's occupation.
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How Fracking Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor
The mining boom caused by the fracking industry's demand for silica sand has divided residents.