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On the News With Thom Hartmann: 1 in 8 Are Defaulting on Their Student Loans, and More
In today's On the News segment: ALEC is holding its annual conference in Chicago; one in every eight who have taken out student loans are in default on their …
A Domestic Surveillance Scandal at the DEA? Agents Urged to Cover Up Use of NSA Intel in Drug Probes
The US Department of Justice has begun reviewing a controversial unit inside the Drug Enforcement Administration that uses secret domestic surveillance tactics - including intelligence gathered by the National …
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Running Away from TB Treatment
As patients attempt to flee hospitals, misconceptions about TB are thwarting doctorsu2019 attempts to stamp out the disease.
Obama Negotiates Cuts to Medicare as the Program Reaches Its 48th Anniversary
Last week marked the 48th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare.
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The Wall Street Ties of Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner
If Summers is still taking big payments to speak favorably towards corporations, Americans should know about it.
The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks
The Detroit bankruptcy is looking like the bail-in template originated by the G20's Financial Stability Board.
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New Brazilian Law Guarantees Protocol for Rape Victims
A new policy in Brazil guarantees emergency contraception for rape victims, much to the dislike of the religious right.
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Coming Crash
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Teach for America Apostates: a Primer of Alumni Resistance
Teach for America alumni and students speak out about the organization's questionable ideology and practices.
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Conservative Policies are Driving Americans to Suicide…
The very same austerity policies that Republicans in Washington are constantly pushing on us are the same policies that are driving Americans to kill themselves.