All News Articles for 2012-04-30
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Effort to De-Fund Planned Parenthood A federal judge today blocked the state of Texas from de-funding Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state, and excluding them from participating in Texas's Women's Health Program (WHP). Read more |
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NYC City Councilors Sue NYPD Over Occupy Wall Street Abuses The City of New York, the New York Police Department, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and several large corporations including JPMorgan Chase have repeatedly violated the constitutional rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters, according to a wide-ranging federal lawsuit filed on Monday morning. Read more |
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David Cay Johnston: "Corporate Socialism" Is Alive and Well in America Companies are able to extort tax revenue out of state governments in a broken capitalist system based on private profits and public losses, says Reuters columnist David Cay Johnston in this episode of Fast Forward. Read more |
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Global 'Austerity Trap' Has Caused 'Alarming' Jobs Crisis New report from ILO highlights failures of austerity model to improve global jobs crisis Read more |
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Jeremy Scahill: US Has Become 'Nation of Assassins' US Peace conference puts face to drone victims Read more |
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UN: Israeli Restrictions on NGOs Undermining Human Rights A UN official has added Israel to a list of countries whose restrictions on NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are undermining human rights. Read more |
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La Minga: Cooperative Urban Farming, Inspired by Movements in Latin America The ideas of cooperative work are central to many movements in Latin America. Nelson Escobar has brought those ideas from his home in El Salvador to Louisville, Kentucky where he coordinates a large urban farm that brings together a diverse community to grow, eat and sell good food. Read more |
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Fed by Broken Food System, Health Plummets as Costs Soar As America's waistline expands, costs soar as health plummets Read more |
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US 'Dirty Oil' Imports Set to Triple as Pipeline Boom Planned Insatiable resource addiction leading US towards 'race to the bottom' Read more |