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Environment
The Fracking Industry’s Dirty Secrets
The fracking industry is one of the most secretive and deceptive industries in the country.
Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Other ALECs in Plan to Save Itself
Most Americans are now convinced that climate change is real because dramatic evidence keep piling up - searing heat waves, multiyear droughts, record-setting wildfires, unprecedented tornadoes and Biblical floods.
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Occupying Chicago Workers’ Fight to Start Cooperative Continues
The widely celebrated Chicago workers' cooperative, formed in the wake of two factory occupations, says their former employer is going back on its promise to give workers a fair …
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William Rivers Pitt | The Dawn’s Early Light’
All those pretty lights in the sky, however, will do nothing to obscure the brutal truths facing America. As we celebrate the anniversary of freedom, we become more and …
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Feeling the Heat
Still don't believe in climate change? Then you're either deep in denial or delirious from the heat.
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The Aftermath of Occupy Will Surpass the Gains of 1960s Activism
Every year, a fresh batch of grads leaves college to face poor job prospects. Many will become protesters and fuel the growing movement for economic justice.
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California Lawmakers Pass Historic Foreclosure Protections
State lawmakers approve what would be the nation's strongest legislation to help financially troubled borrowers stay in their homes. Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign them this week …
Gasland Director Josh Fox on His New Film, Gas Industry Lies and Government Collusion
Fox's new film, The Sky Is Pink, examines the gas industry's practice of sowing doubt about the science on pollution from fracking.
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Chris Hedges | A Lesson from Crazy Horse
Chris Hedges: Time to Get Crazy
Paul Krugman: Europe has Made a Terrible Mistake and Republicans Are Completely Mad
Krugman discusses how and why the u201ctwo great centers of world economic activity, of democracy, and of everything else are both in deep trouble.u201d He says, "Europe made the …