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Six-Month Anniversary of Major Chemical Spill in West Virginia
Russell Mokhiber and Angie Rosser discuss the effects of the West Virginia chemical spill on industry regulation and citizen organizing.

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Banning Birth Control: It’s Not Happening in America…Yet
In the U.S., we would never do anything as blatant as ban birth control. Instead we will continue to chip away at its availability.

A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad: Making a Break for Freedom During the Era of Mass Incarceration
There's a new underground railroad for people returning home from prison.

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Does the Economy Serve Us or Them?
The endless stream of mergers and acquisitions over the past 34 years has taken away most all of the competition and has concentrated power.

Ikea Agrees to Pay Its Workers More Than Minimum Wage
Jeannette Wicks-Lim: There's a growing trend among the world's major corporations to voluntarily increase their workers' wages.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow to Unions, and More
Our nation's highest court strikes another blow to public unions, and more.

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What West Virginia Can Learn From Sarah Palin
If that state put a tax on coal and gas extraction - effectively a carbon tax - and then cycled all of the money it took in back to …

Gulf Residents Are Already Turning to DIY Abortions
Welcome to the post-Roe world, where your options are wait in line for a legal abortion or take the procedure into your own hands.

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The Good News About Obamacare in the June Jobs Report
The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment.

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The High Cost of Cheap Shrimp
Retailers and consumers need to do their homework to make sure they're not buying seafood tainted by modern-day slavery.