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“Everyone but China” Agreement Prevents Regulation of Hot Money and Speculation
International relations scholar Kevin Gallagher: Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens national sovereignty, extends corporate rights, and targets China
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Euro Zone’s Bad Fortunes Tied to Failed Predictions
European leaders seem determined to learn nothing, which is not a tragedy - it is an outrage.
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Why Chavez Chose Social Safety Net Over Skyscrapers
The late Venezuelan president believed people needed and deserved a comfortable baseline from which to survive and prosper, and he put that ahead of capitalist shows of his …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 200,000 Taiwanese Publicly Protested Nuclear Power on Saturday, and More
In today's On the News segment: Legislation that would penalize employers for lockouts in labor disputes introduced in Minnesota, and more.
Price for Denial, Inaction on Climate Is Higher Than Toll of Reducing Consumption
Petroleum expert: 'People need to realize that oil is a finite resource, and using it in the crazy, irresponsible ways we use it today is in fact suicidal - …
The US Military, Green Energy and the SPIDERS at Pearl Harbor
Andrew DeWit outlines and analyzes the US Military's latest green energy program.
State of the Working Woman
Jenny Ahn: Unionized women workers do better than unorganized; all working women need access to universal daycare.
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Fracking Waste Could Go to North Carolina Coastal Towns If Ban Is Lifted
Despite longstanding legislation that bans dumping toxins deep underground in North Carolina, oil lobbyists are attempting to overturn the law.
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William Rivers Pitt: The Sequester is Good for You, and Other GOP Lies
William Rivers Pitt: This is all happening because the GOP would have us all believe that the country is broke.
US Climate Bomb is Ticking: What the Gas Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
The history, science, economics and politics of hydraulic shale gas fracking.