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Every Grain of Sand: Hydraulically Fracturing Our Humanity
{Editor’s note: Environment and Human Rights Advisory recently released a report on the human rights implications of hydraulic fracturing. The report’s author Tom Kerns, Executive Director of EHRA, and Tina Lynn Evans, who …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Pass Measure Supporting the Discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, and More
In today's On the News segment: House Republicans passed a measure in support of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's days of racial profiling may be numbered, recalled Gov. …
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Obama Campaign Lacks Focus
President Barack Obama delivering a speech at a conference at the Washington Hilton in April. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times)Edward Luce says what many of us …
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Violence Against Women Act: Overdue Justice for Native Women
On April 26, 2012, the Senate passed S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Act of 2012, with broad bipartisan support. Title IX of the bill would restore concurrent tribal criminal jurisdiction …
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Finally, the President Says “I Do“
This was going to be a different kind of column. My friend Jackie, through a mutual contact, arranged for me to interview 20-year-old Tyler Winkler, a gay student born …
Anatomy of an American Execution
There are few acts graver than when a government takes the life of one of its own citizens. Executions often get a lot of coverage in the US, when …
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Koch Brothers’ Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils
Long involvement in Canada's tar sands has been central to Koch Industries' evolution and positions the billionaire brothers for a new oil boom. Over the last decade, Charles and …
Private F—-ing Citizen Filpo of the First Civilian Division
When Marines get to boot camp, Private First Class Filpo told me, one of the cadences they learn celebrates Marine Corps legends: “It” - the Marine Corps - "was …
What Americans can Learn from Eurocrisis
Guest: Michael Hudson is a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of …
From Coal to Foreclosures, Bank of America Faces Protest at Shareholders’ Meeting in Charlotte
Occupy Wall Street protesters, environmental activists, and struggling homeowners are converging in Charlotte today for a protest outside Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting. The protesters are calling attention …