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Climate Change Disappears From Keystone XL Pipeline Debate
President Barack Obama walks with White House Advance Associate Valerie Tyburski following an event at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard near Cushing, Okla., March 22, 2012. (Photo: Pete Souza …
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Romney’s 2012 Campaign
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Michael Dawson on the Biggest Gulf in American Life
This is the fourth interview in the Black History Month series “Perspectives on Black Politics in the Age of Obama.” It has been selectively edited for print, but the …
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Koch Brothers vs. Health Reform
Do all roads lead to Koch? Conservative activists will rally at the Supreme Court tomorrow to encourage the overturn of the Affordable Care Act. The “Hands Off My Health Care” protest—which …
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Supreme Court Health Care Arguments to Begin Monday
The United States Supreme Court Building. (Photo: David Baron) Washington - The circus surrounding the Supreme Court health care arguments this week will begin before dawn Monday. Demonstrators will …
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Chris Hedges | Totalitarian Systems Always Begin by Rewriting the Law
Chris Hedges speaks at Occupy DC, January 9, 2012. (Photo: Shrieking Tree) I spent four hours in a third-floor conference room at 86 Chambers St. in Manhattan on …
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Nomi Prins Responds to Greg Smith’s Goldman Resignation
Today, I have received dozens of media requests and hundreds of emails regarding former Goldman Sachs executive, Greg Smith's gutsy, and internationally resonating, public resignation. I applaud Smith's decision …
Codes of Silence and Child Abuse Cover-Ups: The Sick Underbelly of Institutions in the US
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of child sexual abuse, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 13, 2011. (Photo: Jeff Swensen / …
So, Is Dimock’s Water Really Safe to Drink?
When the Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that tests showed the water is safe to drink in Dimock, Penn., a national hot spot for concerns about fracking, it …
Privatization Threatens Open Government
On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into law, establishing the public's right to access to government information. Surprisingly, Republican Congressman Donald …