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FreedomWorks heads to Pennsylvania where groups hopes to quash unions

By | 03.28.11 | 3:38 pm

Breaking away from their fiscal policy roots, tea party groups lately have been sinking their hooks into all matters of American policy, from collective bargaining rights to education.

On Tuesday, a number of tea party organizations are gathering at a FreedomWorks “Restoring America Summit and Rally” at Pittsburgh International More…

Obama Finally Uses Oil Spill to Push for Climate Action; Greens Cheer

By | 06.03.10 | 9:54 am

Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University yesterday, President Obama did what environmental advocates have been urging him to do for weeks now: He turned public anger at the BP oil spill to his advantage, using it to push for comprehensive climate legislation.

“We have to acknowledge that there are inherent risks More…

Social Worker Raided for Rioting on Twitter Wants His Pickaxes Back

By | 10.27.09 | 10:45 am

This seems almost too weird to be true, but Wired reports that on Oct. 1, federal agents seized the computers, manuscripts and pickaxes of an anarchist social worker in Queens, N.Y., claiming he violating anti-rioting laws on Twitter.

How’s the Air Where You Live?

By | 04.29.09 | 6:15 pm

Cause where I live, it’s … terrible!

The American Lung Association just released its 2009 State of the Air report, which assesses the air quality across the country in terms of ozone, short-term particle pollution and year-round particle pollution. Fargo, N.D. comes out on top — it’s the only More…