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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Homemade Explosive Device Detonates Outside a Wisconsin Planned Parenthood, and More
In today's On the News segment: Calls increase for Rick Santorum to drop out of primary race, homemade explosive device detonates outside Wisconsin town's Planned Parenthood, Occupy the Department …
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“Yes” to Tar Sands, “No” to Coal: Obama Confounds Climate Community
Washington - Those expecting a consistent climate change message from the White House are having trouble squaring two recent energy initiatives. President Obama avoided any climate-related language when he stood in Cushing, …
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Forget the Farm Bill: Where We Should Set Our Sights This Year For Real Change
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I don't care about the 2012 farm bill. Here's why. The sustainable food and agriculture movement has a lot of momentum …
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Off Our Backs
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USA with Two Parties, KKK and the Nazis
Copyright Universal Uclick.
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Esquire Magazine: Writer Wanted to Help Convert Class War Into Generational War. No Skills Required; Pays Top Dollar.
This could well have been the want ad Esquire used to attract a writer for its story titled, “War Against Youth.” This lengthy piece is the best compendium of …
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Looking Back at Our Nuclear Future
On March 11, communities around the world commemorated the first year of the still-evolving Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster with rallies, marches, moments of silence, and numerous retrospective reports and essays …
A New Energy Third World in North America?
The “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the environment is ravaged, while tiny elites …
Oh Canada! Imposing Austerity on the World’s Most Resource-Rich Country
Last week in Ottawa, the Canadian House of Commons passed the federal government's latest round of budget cuts and austerity measures. Highlights included chopping 19,200 public sector jobs, cutting …
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Fighting Fire in Haiti
When police and the landowner commanded Michelène Pierre to vacate her tent on a Sunday afternoon so that they could light it on fire, she responded: "If you want …