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David Sirota | Clinton’s Contrition
In 1992, I was in 10th grade. Hence, I didn't care about much more than the girls I could never get, the Philadelphia 76ers' playoff chances and the shortcomings …
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Cheating US Workers
Hundreds of thousands of workers are being cheated by US employers who blatantly violate the laws that are supposed to guarantee those workers decent wages, hours and working conditions. …
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Obama’s Warnings About a Looming Financial Crisis Come Back to Haunt Bernanke
For those accustomed at looking into the memory hole, President Barack Obama's pitch to Wall Street bankers Thursday on backing a tough financial reform package currently winding its way …
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Former Bush Appointee to Plead Guilty to Contempt of Congress
A former Bush administration official who headed an obscure office within the White House that protects whistleblowers and enforces anti-discrimination laws was charged Thursday with criminal contempt of Congress. …
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Confessions of a Former Oil Industry Consultant
Jeremy Leggett has undergone quite a few large career changes, from oil industry consultant to Greenpeace scientist to solar power entrepreneur. A geologist by training, he worked with the …
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Awaken, Eaarthlings! (An Earth Day Missive.)
In his recent book, The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology (2008), the great Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh asserts that Buddhism, as a robust …
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Future Cars Now
Two federal agencies, working with California, have taken the biggest step in the nation's history to reduce the United States' global warming footprint. Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection …
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Flammable Drinking Water? Why Gas Drilling in New York and Nearby States Could Become an Environmental Catastrophe
Fred Mayer is sitting at his kitchen table in Candor, NY, smoking a cigarette he probably shouldn’t be smoking. This particular cigarette is the third one he’s lit in …
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Earth Day, Labor and Me
The approach of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 provides us an opportunity to reflect on the “long, strange trip” shared by the environmental movement and …
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Truthout | News in Brief (11)
Thursday 22 April 2010 The BBC and MSNBC reported Thursday that as many as 28 people were reported to have been injured following a series of explosions in the …