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Leaked EPA Documents Expose Decades-Old Effort to Hide Dangers of Natural Gas Extraction
Efforts by lawmakers and regulators to force the federal government to better police the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing.
“The Kissinger Cables”: Three Years After “Collateral Murder,” WikiLeaks Explores US Diplomacy
The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has just published
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Inmates in Austerity-Wracked Cyprus Donate $11K to Volunteer Health Clinic, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Supreme Court justice says problems with modern-day debtors' prisons can and should be addressed, and more.
Oliver Stone’s Journey from Cold Warrior to America’s Untold History
Oliver Stone: I volunteered to fight in Vietnam and voted for Reagan. I started seeing through the lies and realized I had to start by understanding why we dropped …
At National Conference for Media Reform, Activists Hope to Stop Murdoch, Koch-Backed Consolidation
Democracy NOW broadcasts from the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, where some 2,000 people gathered last week to look at how media, technology and democracy intersect.
Bill Moyers: “Big Media Always Wants More. And It Will Stop at Nothing to Get It.”
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers spoke at the opening of the National Conference on Media Reform in 2007.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: It Appears the President Is Still Open to Negotiations With GOP Economic Terrorists, and More
In today's On the News segment: It looks like President Obama is still open to negotiations with Republican economic terrorists; same-sex marriage has the support of three more Democratic …
Chris Hedges: Why I Resigned From PEN
In May, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges was supposed to be speaking at an event for PEN. Instead, he told them he would not be speaking there and …
Drop the I-Word: In Victory for Advocates, Associated Press Stops Using Phrase “Illegal Immigrant”
The Associated Press has dropped the phrase “illegal immigrant” from its popular stylebook, a move welcomed by immigrant advocates who argue the term is a dehumanizing slur.
The “Chained CPI”: Why It’s Bad for Social Security and Why the White House Shouldn’t Be Touting It
The White House and prominent Democrats are talking about reducing future Social Security payments by using a formula for adjusting for inflation thatu2019s stingier than the current one.