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Environment
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When Corporate America Gets Too Big to Tax
This elephant in the room is too big to fail, jail or pay its fair share.
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Hazardous Cargo: Shipping Highly Flammable Bakken Crude Oil by Rail
When residents in the Quebec town of Lac-Mu00e9gantic describe the scene after an oil-train derailed and then exploded there last July, they say the burning petroleum was like a …
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“Walking While Woman” and the Fight to Stop Violent Policing of Gender Identity
Transgender and LGBTQ people across the country are harassed and profiled by police for simply being who they are, but a movement to hold the cops accountable is gaining …
Bring Back Our Girls: Nigerians Caught Between Deadly Boko Haram Attacks and Military Reprisals
“Bring back our girls” has become the rallying cry in Nigeria as protests continue over the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from a northern boarding school.
How Milton Friedman Fomented the Barmy “Corporations Exist to Maximize Shareholder Value” Myth
Repeat after me: “maximizing shareholder value” is an idea made up and promoted by economists.
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Cliven Bundy’s Window Into the War on the Poor
Republicans were quick to distance themselves from the Nevada rancher after his remarks about slavery, but he points to a deeper issue with conservative policy.
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Dahr Jamail | New Mexico Governor Martinez Accused of “Wholesale Disregard of the Law“
The state of New Mexico is being hit with the catastrophic environmental impacts of the laissez-faire policies of Governor Susana Martinez.
United We Stand and Shout and Dance and Make it Better
The Constitution was not intended to give rights to corporations or to equate bribery with the protected act of free speech.
Koch Brothers Are the Largest Foreign Lease Holder of Canadian Tar Sands
Funding think tanks, the Koch's are poised to influence debate on oil policy and shift the social fabric of Canada.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Big Oil Is Putting Money Behind the NRA, and More
Big Oil has figured out where the real power is in the Republican Party... and they're putting big money behind the NRA, and more.