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End of Summer News Puts Nuclear Renaissance on Permanent Vacation
“There is no nuclear renaissance,” says writer Gregg Levine. With a new decision shutting down the construction of a nuclear reactor in Maryland, America needs start thinking beyond nuclear …
Film “Won’t Back Down” Models Hollywood Propaganda in Age of School Reform
Hollywood is jumping aboard the PR train to push privatized education just as it did to popularize both World Wars - only this time, entrepreneurs are joining the government …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Are Republicans Trying to Redefine Labor Day?
The Democratic National Convention kicks off this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hacktivists working within the group
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The Week of Living Dangerously
William Rivers Pitt: If you happened to wonder why nothing under my name appeared in print during the long debacle that was the Republican National Convention, the reason is …
Romney’s Success at Bain Capital: The Scam as Business Model
Bain Capital is not about producing wealth, but rather about siphoning off wealth that was produced elsewhere in the economy.
Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win – and Now Protect – Voting Rights in US
Having risked his life marching for the right of all Americans to vote, Lewis reflects on the ongoing struggle for voting rights today, when 16 states have passed restrictive …
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Economic Crisis Encouraging Factory Takeovers in Spain
At least 40 struggling companies have been converted into cooperatives with workers assuming management.
Waste More, Want More: America Throws Out Good Food
We are throwing away away up to 40% of our food, the research finds.
Striking South African Miners Charged with Murder After Police Kill 34
Major challenge to ANC government after reports that many miners were shot in the back, and now murder charges against other miners, no police charged.
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