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Thousands of Gallons of Pollution Recovered From Oil and Gas Spill in Colorado
Cleanup continues at the site of an underground spill of thousands of gallons of pollution related to the oil and gas industry in the heart of Colorado's fracking country.
Stupidest Budget Cuts Ever – or, Why Cutting Contraception Is Not Conservative
The sequester's 86 million dollars in cuts to family planning is especially stupid when we already have the tools to make most unintended pregnancy and abortion obsolete.
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From Torah to Tikkun: Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Recipe for Peace in the Middle East
Reviewer finds author's prescriptions for peace in the Middle East inadequate in ‘Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East.’
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On Heels of Successful Death Penalty Repeal in Maryland, Exonerated Death Row Prisoner, Kirk Bloodsworth, Urges Delaware Senate to Follow Suit
Today, less than a week after Maryland's legislature passed Governor O'Malley's bill to abolish the state's death penalty, Kirk Bloodsworth, exonerated death row prisoner, current advocacy director of Witness …
Rights Group Condemns Dismissal of Animal Rights “Terrorism” Case; Activists Will Appeal, Attorneys Say
Last night, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), without addressing the central First Amendment question in the …
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Bury CISPA for Good
This week Internet advocacy groups — including the Free Press Action Fund — are uniting to protest CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. As we wrote last …
NATO 3 Oral Argument Unfolds on Illinois Terrorism Statute’s Constitutionality
On the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq War's launch, another tentacle of the post-9/11 national security state unfolded in a lively Chicago courtroom in the form of a domestic …
Here’s Why I’m Headed to Denver
There are just a few slots left for the National Conference for Media Reform. (You can get registered here.) Here's why I'm going, along with thousands of other activists, …
Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Reads “Last Letter” to President Bush and Dick Cheney
He recently announced that he will stop his medicine and nourishment, which comes in the form of liquid through a feeding tube u2014 a decision which will hasten his …
Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Explains Decision to End His Life
Citing his overwhelming physical pain from wounds that left him paralyzed in Iraq, Young recently announced he has decided to end his life.