Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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1 Million in Europe Sign for Water as a Public Service
"Water is a Human Right" has made history as being the first European Citizen Initiative to have collected over one million signatures.
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Barack Romney: The Second-Term Scorecard So Far
If Mitt Romney had prevailed last November, would things really be that much worse than they already are? Since Obama's re-election 19 weeks ago, big banks, fossil fuels and drone warfare have been the favorites.
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The Billionaire Tally: Europe's Filthy Rich Are Richer Than Ever
This year’s Forbes billionaires list shows a super elite in Europe getting richer while most citizens get poorer.
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In Florida Fracking Sham, Legislature Pushes ALEC's Chemical Disclosure Bill
Florida may soon become the fourth state with a law on the books enforcing fracking chemical disclosure. But the law contains a "trade secrets" loophole pushed by ALEC and the Council of State Governments.
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Dying Iraq War Vet’s Message to "War Criminals" Bush and Cheney
Tomas Young, paralyzed in a war he signed up for at age 22, writes of his fury at the "war criminals" who sent him there.
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Coal Opponents Are Forging Cross-Border Ties
Plans to ramp up coal exports from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia are uniting opposition across the 49th Parallel.
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50 Cities Urge Obama to Act Against Climate Chaos
Newton, Mass., became the 50th city urging the president and the EPA to make full use of the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon in the atmosphere.
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Revealed: The Lyndon Johnson Tapes and the Costs of War
Declassified tapes of President Lyndon Johnson's telephone calls allow us to hear his private conversations as the Democratic Party tore itself apart over the question of Vietnam.
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The Shame of America’s Gulag
Until we slay the beast of corporate capitalism, our prison industry and the horror it perpetuates will only expand.
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North Carolina Report: Fossil Fuel Tyrants Rewrite Law to Kill Clean Energy
The "Electricity Freedom Act," pushed by ALEC, would fully repeal the state's renewable portfolio standard that requires utilities to generate power from cleaner sources.
