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Debate on Fracking: Was Syracuse Right to Ban the Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Process?
Amy Goodman: We are broadcasting from Syracuse, which recently became the third city in New York state to ban the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or …
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Will Iowa Leave Face-Time Ritual with Candidates Behind?
Marshalltown, Iowa - They say in Iowa that a voter has to meet a candidate for president face to face a few times before deciding whom to support. But …
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Fact Check: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Isn’t a Job Creator
Proponents of the dangerous Keystone XL project claim that construction of the 1700-mile tar sands pipeline from Canada to Texas will create tens of thousands, if not hundreds of …
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Will Americans Be Allowed to Vote on Supercommittee Cuts?
Congress' “supercommittee” of the 1% is preparing an austerity plan for the 99%. Will We, the People be allowed to vote on this plan, or, like Greece, will the …
Iran Plot: A Pretext for War
For many Iran observers, Washington’s latest accusations against Iran — implicating members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States …
Education in Afghanistan: The Darkness Approaches; a Light Shines Bright
Village girls wait as the Afghan National Police unload a shipment of humanitarian aid at their village in Gozarah, Afghanistan, Feb. 4. (Photo: U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. …
Occupy DC Disrupts Koch Group Gathering; Activists Struck by Car
Occupy D.C. activists outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, November 4th. (Photo: Andrew Bossi) Time was when David Koch could bring his Americans for Prosperity Foundation …
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At G20 Summit, Civil Society Demands “People First, Not Finances“
Activists march in Nice in protest against the G20 summit. “Ils sont 20, nous somas des milliards” translates as “they are 20, we are billions.” Click here for more …
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Mitt Romney’s Big Bad Ideas for the Middle East
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before giving his first foreign policy speech as a presidential candidate in the Mark Clark Hall's Buyer Auditorium at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., …
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Some Disturbing Truths About Rick Perry’s Texas
Governor Rick Perry speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) I’m at sea this week - literally, for once - and learning …