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Glenn Beck Brings ExxonMobil-Linked Religious Front Group to Tell Christians Not to Believe in Climate Change
In June, ThinkProgress published an exclusive investigation into the Cornwall Alliance — a corporate front designed to deceive evangelicals into doubting the science underpinning climate change.
Haiti’s 1.3 Million Camp Dwellers Waiting in Vain
Grand Goave - Rosie Benjamin is just one of over 1.3 million people living in Haiti's 1,354 squalid refugee camps. She and 1,200 others are jammed into 300 tents …
Mileage: This Isn’t Rocket Science. It’s Auto Mechanics
Washington - The next big thing from Detroit may not just be a new car, but a new car industry: Transformed, modern and competitive. This month, with traditional fanfare, …
Refugees Languish in Private Detention Limbo
Daniel doesn't look like a typical activist. He sports a shaved head, stands over six-feet tall and moves with the leisurely gait of a man who isn't told to …
One More Vote: My Day of Registering Latino Voters
The automatic doors whooshed open and a man entered the store. His eyes were aimed straight ahead and he did not glance my way. His skin was brown and …
FBI Was Warned Years in Advance of Mumbai Attacker’s Terror Ties
Three years before Pakistani terrorists struck Mumbai in 2008, federal agents in New York City investigated a tip that an American businessman was training in Pakistan with the group …
From Vacant City Lots to Food on the Table
The first time I went to Richmond, Calif., nine years ago, my friend, who ran a punk music recording studio out of a converted warehouse, told us not to …
Personally Invested in Mortgage Banks, House Republican Opposes Fix for “Foreclosure-Gate“
Widespread reports about “robo-signers” — bank officials who would sign foreclosure forms without even reading them — have lead many business reporters to dub the crisis of potentially illegal …
Special Report: Detainee Experimentation Program Revealed
Editor's Note: When President George W. Bush authorized waterboarding and other forms of torture on “war on terror” detainees, the patterns of abusive treatment and the gauging of physiological …
Pentagon Halts Enforcement of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Amid Legal Challenge
Washington - The Pentagon Thursday halted enforcement of its “don't ask, don't tell” policy pending an appeal of a federal court order prohibiting the government from expelling gays and …