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As Extreme Cold Engulfs Eastern US, Fossil Fuel Mishaps Leave Disaster Areas on Fire
The fossil fuel industry has seen a series of disasters in less than a week.
Karbon Kombat: Fossil Fuel Fatality
This episode of the Green Ninja Show is about fossil fuels and takes place in the world of the classic arcade fighter “Karbon Kombat.”
The Boston Globe Covers Up for Wall Street, Ignores Swaps Losses in Coverage of MBTA Turmoil
A new Boston Globe story doesn't mention huge losses that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority made on swap transactions that went against them.
Thirteen Theses on the Still Unfolding Greek Debt Drama
As Germany's pressure on the new Greek government increases, Greece's economic problems and challenges continue.
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White American’s “Equal Opportunity Anger” Leads to Execution-Style Deaths of Three Muslim Americans
The murders may not be ruled a hate crime, but the killer was surely motivated by more than frustration over a parking space.
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Putin’s Anti-Populist Economics
Vladimir Putin's decision to reject advice from economists who tell him anything he doesn't want to hear feels very familiar to me and, I'm sure, to many others who've …
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In Whose US? Machine Guns, MRAPs, Surveillance, Drones, Permanent War and a Permanent Election Campaign
This is a country walking back nothing as it heads into a heavily militarized future.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: HSBC May Have Gotten Away With More Crimes Than We Thought, and More
In today's On the News segment: The “too-big-to-jail” banks may have gotten away with even more crimes than we thought; according to billionaire Nick Hanauer, stock buybacks are killing …
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If We Treated Our Homes as We Do the Earth
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Connecticut Schools Pin Down and Restrain “Staggering” Number of Kids
A new state report found one public school student was restrained more than 700 times in one year.