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Meet the Tenacious Gardeners Putting Down Roots in “America’s Most Desperate Town“
They're not always optimistic about the future of Camden, N.J. But they're committed to it anyway, and they've created one of the nation's fastest growing networks of urban farms.
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Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You – He Already Has You
Nowadays, in Fortress America, every one of us is, in some sense, government issue in a surveillance state gone mad.
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A Field Day for Fracking
A transatlantic trade deal would eliminate restrictions on US exports of fracked gas to the EU.
Torture in American Prisons – Class Action Law Suit Approved
There has been a lot of press about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his torture and captivity in Afghanistan. There's very little talk about torture that goes on within the …
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Report: Charters Creating Two-Tier Education
At the 60-year anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, separate is still not equal.
Human Activity Driving Earth Towards Global Extinction Event
Dr. Terry Root and Dr. Stuart L. Pimm discuss recent research showing human beings are responsible for high extinction rates of species across the globe, and explain how we …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Announces an Order to Help Americans Pay Student Loans, and More
President Obama announced an executive order to help five million Americans pay off their student loans, and more.
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Navy SEAL Commander Behind Bin Laden Killing: Keystone XL Vulnerable to Terrorism
Have real Keystone XL terrorism threats been ignored, while nonviolent activists have been labeled potential ecoterrorists?
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Dahr Jamail | Will Fracking Cause Our Next Nuclear Disaster?
The idea of storing radioactive nuclear waste inside a hollowed-out salt cavern might look good on paper. But serious problems could result if there is fracking nearby.
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Chris Hedges | The Rules of Revolt
There are some essential lessons we can learn from the student occupation of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which took place 25 years ago.