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Unemployed Confront Congress at Take Back the Capitol
Today thousands of unemployed people and others came to D.C. to tell Congress and “K Street” that they need jobs not cuts; that we should tax the rich, and …
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Obama Appeals for a New Commitment to a Fair America
Osawatomie, Kansas - President Barack Obama cast the national debate and developing 2012 presidential campaign Tuesday as a battle between two visions of the economy, government and society. …
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Blagojevich Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Prison
Chicago - Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison for 18 felony corruption convictions, including trying to sell …
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Sebelius Overrules FDA Decision to Widen Access to Morning-After Pill
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, at a briefing at the Health and Human Services Department in Washington, on May 27, 2010. (Photo: Luke Sharrett …
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The Deep Shallowness of Professor Gingrich
Mea culpa, I misspoke, my bad — I stand corrected. In past commentaries, I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist. Apparently, he hates that tag, even though …
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Koch Political Group Brags About Bullying GOP Lawmakers Into Denying Climate Science
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) In its cover story this week, the National Journal explores a curious phenomenon: while the science supporting climate change has only gotten …
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Michael Moore: The Winter of Our Occupation
Occupy Wall Street protesters march in Brooklyn, December 6, 2011. (Photo: bogieharmond) And now it is winter. Wall Street rejoices, hoping that the change of seasons will …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Denounces “Trickle-Down Economics,” and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Twenty Examples of the Obama Administration’s Assault on Domestic Civil Liberties
Occupy Oakland, October 25, 2011. (Photo: Reginald James/TheBlackHour.com) The Obama administration has affirmed, continued and expanded almost all of the draconian domestic civil liberties intrusions pioneered under …
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Measuring the Impact of Mass Movements
With the explosion of Occupy Wall Street protests, many people have begun to wonder whether this movement will have a lasting impact, and, if so, what political changes it …