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White House: Looming Federal Budget Cuts Would be “Deeply Destructive“
A report that the Office of Management and Budget issued Friday says the reductions to nearly all government programs would be u201cdeeply destructive to national security, domestic investments and …
Carbon Trading Scheme Close to Collapse
By 2020, countries that are signatory to the Kyoto protocol will have accumulated more than 17 billion tonnes of surplus emission reduction permits, a new study shows. This enormous …
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Pressure Put on Manning to Implicate Assange
Michael Ratner: As Wikileaks Founder Nears 100 Days in Ecuadorian Embassy Sweden's refusal to interview Assange in London suggests they are working with US towards extradition
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Wisconsin Anti-Union Law Struck Down
In a major labor victory, Wisconsin circuit court Judge Juan Colas, who immigrated to the United States from Colombia at age 5, has struck down key parts of Gov. …
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Money-Laundering Inquiry Is Said to Aim at US Banks
Federal and state authorities are investigating a handful of major American banks for failing to monitor cash transactions in and out of their branches, a lapse that may have …
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Homeless and Hungry at College
AS THE mainstream press frets that the much-touted
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Anti-Imperialism Protests Flare Beyond the Mideast
Anti-American rage that began this week over a video insult to Islam spread to nearly 20 countries across the Middle East and beyond on Friday, with violent and sometimes …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Protests in the Middle East Are About a Twisted Foreign Policy
This is not about a movie. This is not about Islam. This is about a twisted foreign policy that has been pushed by the far right for …
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Chris Kluwe and the Greatest Political Statement by Any Athlete Ever
Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe,who spoke in defense of both LGBTQ rights and free speech, might be the most talked about football player this week.