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When Congress Serves the Other NRA
The tipped minimum wage is a feast for the National Restaurant Association.
Autism Nation: America’s Chemical Brain Drain
Americans are exposed to over 83,000 industrial chemicals as part of modern civilization. Virtually all pregnant women are walking chemical repositories.
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Jury Verdict: Nearly $3 Million in Texas Fracking Nuisance Case
A Texas jury awarded $2.925 million to plaintiffs who sued a fracking company for intentionally causing a nuisance on the their property.
Toms River: How a Small Town Fought Back Against Corporate Giants for Toxic Dumping Linked to Cancer
Environmental reporter Dan Fagin joins Democracy Now! to discuss his book that tells the story of how a small New Jersey town fought back against industrial pollution and astronomical …
Assessing the US Environmental Movement
It has been 44 years since the first Earth Day protests when 20 million Americans demonstrated for a cleaner environment, setting the groundwork for what was to become the …
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“Russia With Love”: Alaska Gas Scandal Is Out-of-Country, Not Out-of-State
The question of who owns Alaska's natural gas and where they're from, at least for now, has been off the table.
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A Living Minimum Wage
A living wage must mean a minimum wage that rises to meet the higher living standards of each new generation to be a living threshold, not a dead hand …
“Fierce Green Fire” Documentary Explores Environmental Movement’s Global Rise
In an Earth Day special, Amy Goodman looks at the history of the global environmental movement as told in the sweeping new documentary, "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle …
Four Years After BP Disaster, Ousted Drilling Chief Warns US at Risk of Another Oil Spill
Elizabeth Birnbaum, who was director of the Minerals Management Service in the Interior Department at the time of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, warns the risk of another offshore oil …