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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The UK May Have Found the Smoking Gun in Rupert-Gate, and More
In today's On the News segment: Rick Perry uses violent rhetoric in his campaign for president, World Bank warns of another food crisis, Democratic Congressmen Kucinich and Michaud try …
Jamaica Remains Buried Under a Mountain of Debt, Despite Restructuring
As the eurozone authorities move closer to accepting the inevitable Greek debt default/restructuring, there are some who have pointed to the Jamaican debt restructuring of last year as a …
Tax the Poor?
When the discussion has moved so far to the right that Reagan would be a centrist Democrat today, you know you’re in trouble. Against all facts and …
BPing the Arctic, Again – Fast Tracking Shell’s Dangerous Drilling
BP's Endicott oil and gas facility at the edge of the Beaufort Sea in Alaska. Shell Oil wants to drill dozens of miles offshore in federal waters. (Photo: Damon …
Debt-Free: Steps the US Can Take to Revive the Economy
There are several good steps the United States could adopt to stimulate the US economy that would not involve adding to the deficit or national debt.
Robert Reich, Class of ’68, Speaks at Dartmouth “Leading Voices” Summer Lecture Series
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Concerns Grow Over Risk of U.S. Nuclear Projects Post-Fukushima
The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan is still unfolding five months later, with multiple meltdowns and significant radiation releases contaminating communities and farms downwind from …
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Egyptian Workers Labor on an Unfinished Revolution
Ismailia, Egypt - For 26 years, Mohammed Gharib Abdullah has been proud to be a mechanic at the Timsah Shipbuilding Company on the Suez Canal, a symbol of Egyptian …
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Militia in Somalia Bars Food Aid, Rights Group Says
Johannesburg, South Africa - As Somalia's drought and famine worsened in recent months, the Shabab militia in the south seized families' crops and livestock and imposed taxes that made …
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Egypt Deploys Soldiers to North Sinai
Cairo - Egyptian soldiers who were sent to crack down on lawlessness in the North Sinai Desert killed a man in a gunfight on Monday and captured a dozen …