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Uncle Sam Helps Out With Student Loan Debt
Kansas City - Mallory Anthony laughs as she describes herself as “the face of student loan debt in America.” But the 26-year-old woman who owes about $32,000 …
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In Central Park, Snow That Collected on Still-Leafy Branches Fells Even Hardy Trees
The storm struck trees of all ages and sizes in Central Park: oaks and elms outside the boathouse, birches and dogwoods near Belvedere Castle, magnolias and mulberries beside the …
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Cantor Rakes In Wall Street Donations While Calling Occupy Protesters a “Mob“
When the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations first gained some national prominence, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) derided the protesters as a “mob,” saying, “Believe it or not, some …
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Occupy the Winter of Our Discontent
Can occupations survive a winter of global weirding, escalated police brutality, and the corporate media's venom? Should they? In some parts of the country there will be …
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UNESCO Approves Palestinian Membership; US, Israel Suspend Funding in Response
Paris - Palestine became the 195th full member of Unesco on Monday, as the United Nations organization defied a threatened cutoff of American funds under federal legislation from the …
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Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections (2)
Eleven years ago, a waitress named Deb Simpson was elected to Maine’s state legislature—one of 116 candidates to run that year under the state’s newly implemented Clean Elections Act, …
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National Radio Project Speaks to Truthout’s Mike Ludwig About Ohio’s GOP-Funded Anti-Union Campaign
Campaign finance reports were due in Ohio last Thursday, and labor groups supporting a repeal of Senate Bill 5, a bill that would strip public workers of collective bargaining …
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Financial Records Suggest Cain Campaign Received Illegal Corporate Funding
As campaign reporters react to Politico’s bombshell allegation that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain sexually harassed two former employees, Daniel Bice reveals potentially groundbreaking financial records suggesting the the …
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Were US Elections Sold to Corporations So Clarence Thomas Could Reward His Friends?
When Clarence Thomas took his seat before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, things were not looking good for him. Anita Hill, a former employee of Thomas' at the …
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Will Federal Refinancing Program Help States Most in Need?
San Francisco - Nearly 1 million struggling homeowners nationwide could get a lifeline to stave off foreclosure, thanks to changes to a federal housing program. The …