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At Heart of Health Law Clash, a 1942 Case of a Farmer’s Wheat
Washington - If the Obama administration persuades the Supreme Court to uphold its health care overhaul law, it will be in large part thanks to a 70-year-old precedent involving an Ohio farmer named Roscoe …
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New Toxic Sludge PR and Lobbying Effort Gets Underway
A trade association known for using the terms “compost,” "organic," and “biosolids” to describe sewage sludge is investing in a new public relations campaign to influence policymakers and the …
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Nine Strategies to End Corporate Rule
The last few years have seen a series of corporate catastrophes, for which the perpetrator companies have escaped any meaningful accountability. Big banks and giant Wall Street firms tricked …
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Police State Blues
The New York Police Department reacted quickly against Occupy Wall Street activists who returned to Liberty Square (or Zuccotti Park) six months after the original occupation began. But the …
Army Threatens to Fire Whistleblower for Talking to McClatchy
Washington - The military's embattled crime lab is trying to fire an outspoken whistleblower who's spotlighted its problems. Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory warned its …
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On the Campaign Trail
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Fracking Fight: Activists Cry Foul on the EPA’s Dimock Water Test Announcement
William Herrmann of Whiting Petroleum walks along a pipeline at the Bakken Shale formation in Belfield, North Dakota, September 3, 2011. Hydraulic fracturing techniques, despite causing a growing controversy, …
Murder Incorporated: Guns, the NRA and the Politics of Violence on the Mexican Border
Sign on road just before main bridge into Mexico from Brownsville, Texas. (Photo: Mark Karlin)An Iron River of Guns Flows Across the Border A phalanx of US law enforcement …
Gated Intellectuals: Toward a Borderless Pedagogy in the Occupy Movement
Gated intellectuals do not work with ideas, but sound bites.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress’ Approval Rating Lowest on Record, and More
In today's On the News segment: Mitt Romney won Puerto Rico Sunday night, most conservative Congress in history also has the lowest approval rating on record, Julian Assange will …