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A Story of the Earth Liberation Front: An Interview With Documentarian Marshall Curry
Filmmaker Marshall Curry. (Photo: Bill Gallagher) When John Muir formed the Sierra Club in 1892 and fought to pass the National Parks Bill in 1899, it is …
How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East
In the method, there is madness; in the comedy, nightmare; in the tragedy, farce. And despite everything, there’s still good news when it comes to what Americans …
Prisoners Have Nothing to Gain by Eating
Prisoners risking death by refusing food in the Pelican Bay supermax, and those hunger striking in solidarity in prisons around California are a judgment of our sickness. "The degree …
Gang of Six Plan Gives Tax Breaks for Wealthy, Social Security Cuts for Ordinary Workers
Washington, D.C.- The budget plan produced by the Senate’s “Gang of Six” offers the promise of huge tax breaks for some of the wealthiest people in the country, while …
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Questioning Begins in British Hacking Scandal
London - Rupert Murdoch and his son James appeared Tuesday before British lawmakers probing the phone hacking scandal that has seized public life, raising questions about the police, politicians …
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Republican “Cut, Cap and Balance” Plan Would Require a 25 Percent Cut in Every Government Program
House Republicans are planning to hold a vote tomorrow on the radical “cut, cap, and balance” plan, which stipulates that the federal debt ceiling only be raised if a …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Allegations Fox News Also Into Illegal Phone Hacking in US, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Why Did Congress Waste Six Months
Washington - The House Republican strategy to link a normally routine increase in the nation's debt limit with a crusade to slash spending has already had a high cost, …
No Great Women Comics Artists?
Ladydrawers, a new semimonthly comics collaboration, looks at the reasons behind gender bias in the media and in the comics world, and the impact that these dynamics have in …
G20: Speculation and Agricultural Price Volatility
The G20 agriculture ministers dodged most of the tough issues in their meeting last month in Paris, leaving the heavy lifting on France’s ambitious G20 agenda to finance ministers …