Truthout
Environment
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States Have Enacted 39 New Abortion Restrictions This Year Alone
In the first half of 2012, states enacted 95 new provisions related to reproductive health and rights.
Murky Waters: The Education Debate in New Orleans
In this graphic column distilling three extensive interviews, we hope to go beyond the hype of post-Katrina New Orleans.
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Minnesota Amish vs. Fracking
Does the industry's ongoing land grab clash with the fundamental tenets of the Amish population?
Kucinich Explains the LIBOR Scandal
What has emerged from the Barclayu2019s Bank inquiry is evidence that banks may have in fact been deliberately manipulating Libor rates for years.
Secret Donors vs. First Amendment: The Tricky Task of Reforming Election Abuse by Nonprofits (Part Two)
The trend is now to start a super PAC and a C4 organization at the same time, then have the skittish donors, especially corporations that don't want the public …
Election Countdown 2012: Occupy Atlanta Members Demand Georgia Enact Prison Reform, and More
About 40 demonstrators gathered outside the state Capitol in Atlanta on Monday to express support for Georgia prison inmates who have reportedly been on a hunger strike for nearly …
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Agribusiness Genetically Tampering With Our Food
Jim Hightower: What are we to do about corporate powers that are so avaricious and arrogant that they're willing to tamper with our food supply, our kids' minds and …
Are Banksters Redeemable? Interview With Former JPMorgan Director John Fullerton
If we donu2019t redefine self-interest, said Fullerton, in this conversation recorded in New York in late June: I think we will look back, and our grandchildren will ask us, …
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Political Baggage
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Midwest Drought May Spark Food Inflation
Experts warn it could mean higher costs for everything from a hamburger to a gallon of milk in the months ahead.