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How Voter Suppression in 2012 Will Erode Reproductive Rights
The power to preserve and expand reproductive rights is inextricably tied the right to vote.
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Washington DC Plagued by Scandal and Bad News
The scandals suggest a systemic culture of cronyism and self-dealing in city government that threatens to overshadow the capital.
Being Young and Homeless in the US Could Get Even Worse
Hundreds of cities around the United States have laws advocates say unfairly target the homeless, including bans on sitting, lying, begging and placing objects on the sidewalk.
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Watsonville Teachers and Students Take on Methyl Iodide Pesticide
Pesticide drift means that whatever is used to kill pests also gets ingested by children and adults when it wafts through the air into their lungs or when it …
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Paterno Was Paid Off Even as Scandal Played Out
Mr. Paterno was to be paid $3 million at the end of the 2011 season if he agreed it would be his last.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Study Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Want the Government to Act on Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â According to a new Washington Post/Stanford University poll, 6-in-10 Americans believe in climate change, and two-thirds of Americans think the government needs to do …
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States Have Enacted 39 New Abortion Restrictions This Year Alone
In the first half of 2012, states enacted 95 new provisions related to reproductive health and rights.
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Banksters Take Us to the Brink
Moyers and Winship: You wonder why the banksters still roam free, like gunslingers in a Wild West town without a sheriff.
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Election Countdown 2012: Independent Voters More Sympathetic to Romney, and More
A day after reports that DNA found at an Occupy Wall Street-affiliated protest had been matched to an unsolved murder case, a law enforcement official said the link was …
Truthout FOIA Exposes Forceful Drugging of Detainees
Alyona talks to Jason Leopold, lead investigative reporter for Truthout.org about what the FOIA exposed.