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NAFTA = Death: Artists Mark NAFTA’s 20th Anniversary With Border Protest
A group of artists marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on New Year's Day with an art installation at the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Japan Is Recruiting the Homeless to Clean Up Fukushima, and More
In today's On the News segment: Contractors in Japan are recruiting the homeless to clean up the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant; millions of Americans now have health insurance thanks …
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Time to Close the Red State Doughnut Hole
As one health care “donut hole” is closing, another one is opening up: The Red State Donut Hole.
2013 in Review: Aiming Higher, Labor Tries New Angles and Alliances
Unions tried new angles on organizing - some promising, others vaguer.
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Resolutions
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Sikh Community Fights to Stop Meat Plant Next to Its Temple
Protesters from the Sikh community had filled the City Hall room where the Council was making its vote while more people stood outside with placards objecting to the new …
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The Graying of Our Incarceration Nation
America's broken criminal justice system has consigned millions of people to poverty and poor health as they age. It's time for the aging community to fight.
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Food Security Can Come in Tiny, Wiggly Packages
It is known as the land of copper to the outside world, but there's another c-word that does a roaring trade in Zambia, albeit locally - caterpillars.
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Hillel International Faces Crisis as Swarthmore Chapter Rebels Against its Israel Guidelines
In a move that sent shockwaves through the American Jewish community, the Hillel chapter at Philadelphia's Swarthmore College declared in an open letter last week that it would not …
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It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken
Which tastes better: a mass-produced organic chicken, a factory-farmed inmate or a true pastured chicken?