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Thom Hartmann: Second Japan Nuke… More Dangerous Than Fukushima?
Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. If Japan didn't have its hands full with one melted down nuclear plant at Fukushima - it certainly …
Prominent Turkish Journalists Imprisoned in Crackdown
Turkish soldier in Anitkabir, Turkey. (Photo: ozgurmulazimoglu) Reporters Without Borders brings international attention to the three month-plus imprisonment of Turkish investigative journalists Ahmet Sik, a reporter on …
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The Unanswered Question in Afghanistan Is, Why?
Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, captured during the opening remarks at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2008. (Photo: Annette Boutellier …
Office of Special Counsel Must Change Climate and Protect Whistleblowers
(Image: JR / Truthout) Whistleblowers are an integral part of the system for providing oversight of the federal government. Ensuring that these government missions are done in …
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Libya Made Simple
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Don’t Make the Economy Worse
Washington - There is no good reason for negotiations on the budget and the debt ceiling to be deadlocked, because the solution is obvious: First, do no harm. …
US Supports Bloody Regime in Honduras
Paso de Aguán, Bajo Aguán, Honduras. Local human rights and agrarian organizations have reported at least 42 deaths in the last few months alone in Aguán, with 14 …
The Rich Are Different From You and Me. They Make More Money – and Lemonade
Washington, DC, is a Potemkin village of alabaster and marble where the perpetually stalled and broken escalators of the city's subway system are a perfect metaphor for the government's …
As Obama Quietly Pushes for a Nuclear Weapons Renaissance, Wildfire Threatens Los Alamos Nuclear Lab
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). (Photo: Randy Bayne) Mr. President, this is a pivotal moment in the history of our country. In the coming days and weeks, …