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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;Â millions of Americans now have health insurance thanks …
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Ten Hopeful Things That Happened in 2013 to Get You Inspired for What’s to Come
Beyond the headlines of conflict and catastrophe, this year's top stories offered us some powerful proof that the world can still change - for the better.
Orwellian or a Blunt Tool?: Conflicting Rulings on NSA Spying Set Up Likely Supreme Court Showdown
A federal judge has upheld the National Security Agency's bulk collection of US telephone data just days after a separate court reached an opposite opinion.
Disgraced Former Members of Bush Justice Department Challenge Order Denying ‘True the Vote’ Intervention in Texas Photo ID Case
Whatever problems the Lone Star State has experienced with its voter rolls, they will not be solved by Photo ID laws.
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Could Crowd-Sourced Organic Seed Banks Save Our Agricultural Future?
The world's largest democracy has to do more to beat back the dangers of GMOs, and India's organic seed banks might just be the natural weapon required to defeat …
In Post-Election Honduras, Challenges and Opportunities for the Resistance
With a coordinated oppositional strategy both in the “halls of power” and in the streets, the anti-coup resistance in Honduras may have an opportunity to curtail the most egregious …
The Geopolitics of Election Approval: The US Response to Honduras and Venezuela
US National Lawyers Guild election overseers compare and contrast presidential elections in Honduras and Venezuela and describe the United States' embrace of the results of the more problematic of …
Honduras’ Flawed Election: The Case of El Paraiso
In the weeks prior to the election on Sunday, November 24, rights groups in Honduras began to hear about possible fraud in El Paraiso.
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ALEC’s “Institutional Corruption,” From Backing Apartheid to Assault on Clean Energy, Public Sector
ALEC has reportedly drafted a number of new bills designed to prevent President Obama from cutting emissions, and to weaken state policies promoting clean energy.
Congress Blew It – Again: The National Budget Should Reflect National Priorities
American democracy is designed to have representatives in Congress who take seriously their role as stewards of the people's business. A federal budget reflects Americans' priorities for how tax …