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It Takes People Power to Make Clear That Corporations Are NOT People
In the Nov. 8 elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi's state constitution. This was an extremist anti-abortion ballot initiative to declare …
Despite Supercommittee Failure, Republicans Intend to Get Their Pound of Flesh in 2012
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, after the committee's first meeting in Washington, September 8, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The …
Patriot Millionaires: Let the Bush Tax Cuts Expire Once and for All
(Image: JR / TO; Adapted: SqueakyMarmot, teresia) Patriot Millionaires for Fiscal Strength, a group of citizens who make more than $1 million a year, met with politicians …
Occupy: From Encampments to a Movement
Since the first US encampment on Wall Street, hundreds of others have emerged outside of banks and city halls across the nation. The Occupy movement has called on millions …
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Police Dismantle Occupy Encampments in Los Angeles and Philadelphia
Los Angeles - Los Angeles police officers, scores of them in riot gear, dismantled an Occupy encampment at around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, after allowing hundreds of protesters to …
Iraq Veteran Scott Olsen Interviewed After Release From Hospital
Returning for the first time to Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland, where the eviction of peaceful Occupy Oakland demonstrators on October 25th eventually resulted in his critical injury at …
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Britons Strike as Government Extends Austerity Measures
London - Public sector workers on Wednesday began Britain’s biggest strike in a generation to protest austerity measures, a day after the British government said that it was falling …
Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig on the Fracking Connection Between Kasich and the Koch Brothers
Read Mike Ludwig's Report: “Kasich, Koch and Big-Industry Bucks: Why Ohio Is the Next Fracking Frontier”
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The Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Extremely Unskillful?
As thousands of people circled the White House to make known their objections to the multibillion dollar Keystone XL Project, I was again reminded of a comment by Jack …
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Murdoch Hackers May Have Breached Government Computers
London - Britain’s hacking scandal was reported on Tuesday to have broadened significantly into areas of national security, with the police investigating whether private detectives working for the Murdoch …