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Clint Eastwood Super Bowl ad has GOP on the defensive
February 7, 2012The ad, sponsored by Chrysler has Eastwood, a Republican, touting progress in the economic recovery and particularly the auto bailout.
Read moreGroup pushes misinformation about payday loan initiative
February 7, 2012"Missourians for Equal Credit Opportunity" opposes the ballot initiative so much that it is spreading misinformation in an attempt to intimidate supporters.
Read moreRavitch blasts corporate “school reform”
February 7, 2012Diane Ravitch, a national leader of the fight to defend public education, sounded the alarm about concerted efforts by corporate and right-wing forces to undermine democracy and destroy public education in the U.S.
Read moreBayer’s ill-gotten factory farming profits
February 6, 2012There are potentially lethal strains of bacteria, traced to antibiotics produced by pharmaceutical corporation Bayer, present in pork, beef, and poultry
Read moreNational Underground Railroad Freedom Center may close doors
February 6, 2012The Freedom Center may have to close its doors due to a lack of funding.
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