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On the News With Thom Hartmann: January Was a Good Month for SuperPACs, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
Chicago Teachers Speak Out About “Reform” Effects
“We worry more about our students now more than we ever have in the past.” Since the latest Chicago Public Schools “reform” efforts began in 1996, Orr …
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Manufacturing Illusions
Suddenly, manufacturing is back – at least on the election trail. But don’t be fooled. The real issue isn’t how to get manufacturing back. It’s how to get good …
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From Madison to Zuccotti Park
Bill Murray: C'mon, it's Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick 'em up, we zip right out again. We're not going to Moscow. It's Czechoslovakia. It's like going into Wisconsin. …
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Karzai Demand on Night Raids Snags US-Afghan Pact
Washington/Kabul - Nearly a year after the Barack Obama administration began negotiations with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, …
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Can Rep. Bachus and His Money-Crazed Congressional Colleagues Be Stopped from Insider Trading?
Back in the Gilded Age, venality was the rule in Congress. Bribes were as common as tobacco pipes. Lawmakers fattened their bank accounts through insider deals, with the needs …
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Dark Knight: Former Vice President Cheney in the Global War on Terror
Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC, February 10, 2011. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Of all the members of the …
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Pee for Food
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Subsidize This: US Eyes Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels, But What Gets Protected?
While trade is often a bone of contention between the United States and China, this week’s visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping threw the spotlight on one subset …
Honduras: Our Continuing Catastrophe
(Photo: davidNallah / Flickr) Honduras has become a human rights disaster. The country now has the world’s highest murder rate. And impunity for political violence is the …