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Environment
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How Obama Could Kill the Democratic Party
In the coming weeks, the president is expected to announce his new budget plan for fiscal year 2015, again putting Social Security at risk.
GMOs Are Killing the Bees, Butterflies, Birds and …?
Scientists now believe at least some of these pesticides play a major role in Colony Collapse Disorder, the ongoing demise of honeybee colonies.
AOL’s CEO Proves Women and Children Make Easy Scapegoats in the Workplace
The law has put maternity care on an equal footing with other health benefits for decades - but some executives still haven't caught up.
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Impunity in West Virginia as Criminal Law-Breaking Polluters Still Walk Free
Recent spills have shown that Patriot Coal and Freedom Industries have both shown a pattern of acting with impunity.
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Are We Going to Be the Flintstones or the Jetsons?
Only when the Reagan Revolution is reversed will every American again reap the rewards of increases in productivity in technology.
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Rage Against the Dying of a Light: Stuart Hall (1932-2014)
It's hard to explain Stuart's influence-the admiration, respect and affection-to those who have never encountered him, or seriously followed his work.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Democrats Are Done Waiting on Republicans, and More
Members of both the House and Senate said they're going to use a rarely-seen tactic to bring forward legislation.
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Bob Dylan and the Ethics of Market Fascism
Bob Dylan's SuperBowl commercial for Chrysler opens, ‘Is there anything more American than America?’ Answer: Maybe this commercial - and not necessarily in a good way.
Meteorologist Jeff Masters: Climate Change Affecting Weather Patterns Regardless of Season
Governors have declared states of emergencies from Louisiana to New Jersey due to a massive snow and ice storm.
Environmentalists’ Valentine Day Wish: Stop Selling Bee-Harming Plants
Dennis vanEngelsdorp: While an outright ban on insecticide use would be shortsighted and harmful to agricultural production, home gardeners should not use insecticides, fungicides and pesticides - the ideal …