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Obama Approves Major Border-Crossing Fracked Gas Pipeline Used to Dilute Tar Sands
Although TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has received the lion's share of media attention, another key border-crossing pipeline benefitting tar sands producers was approved on November 19 by …
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“Somebody Had to Do It First”: The Story of Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Winslow's ‘Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change’ profiles the first black - or woman - presidential candidate, a person who prided herself on being ‘unbossed and unbought.’
Three More NYC Contractors Found Guilty in Massive CityTime Scandal to Modernize Payroll System
Three computer consultants were found guilty on Friday of multiple charges for defrauding New York City of millions of dollars in the largest corruption case in city history.
Senate Majority Invokes “Democracy Option“
A change in filibuster rule restores the possibility of a functioning Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government.
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New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove’s Group Spent Even More on Politics Than It Said
On its 2012 tax return, GOP strategist Karl Rove's dark money behemoth Crossroads GPS justified its status as a tax-exempt social welfare group in part by citing its grants …
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Japan Eagerly Watches as a Brand New Island Forms
Japan Eagerly Watches as a Brand New Island Forms by s.e. smith November 26, 2013 8:30 …
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Driving Home the Link Between Gender and Climate Change
The topic of gender and its relation with climate change tried to shed a light on problems that require action from policy-makers this past week at the climate summit …
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The Hunger Games Are Real: Teenage Fans Remind the World What Katniss Is Really Fighting For
What if we used fantasy not as an escape from our world, but an invitation to look deeper into it? How teenage fans are fighting injustice - in real …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: BP Tries to Deny Blame for Another Oil Spill in 2010, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. On Sunday, major world powers reached an agreement to scale back the Iranian nuclear program. In exchange, …
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Meet America’s Biggest Welfare Queens
The truth about welfare is that it is just one