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July 29 - The World Mourns Cecil the Lion; "Kayactivists" Block Shell on Icebreaker; If Mullah Omar Has Been Dead for Two Years, Who is Negotiating for the Taliban?

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January 29 - The Real Story Behind the Keystone XL Pipeline; A Former Chair of the FEC on Big Money in Politics; Reviving Civics in America's Classrooms

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February 19 - Ukraine on the Brink of Civil War; A Report from the North American Summit; How Politicians and Plutocrats Persuade Americans to Vote Against their Interests

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May 15 - The Real Questions About Benghazi; Breast Cancer Treatment and Elective Surgery; The Radical Shift Underway in the Global Oil Market

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April 2 - The First International Treaty to Curb the Global Arms Trade; The "Monsanto Protection Act"; Canadian Tar Sands Crude Flows Through the Streets of Arkansas

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February 14 - The Mysterious Death of Prisoner X; In the U.K. More Trouble for Murdoch; Nationwide Protests Against the KeystoneXL Pipeline

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April 3 - Inside The Republican Money Machine; Did Obama's Mandate Miscalculate the Courts, the Politics and the Policy Itself?; How the Canadians See the Keystone Pipeline and American Politics

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March 22 - Will the Supreme Court Overturn Citizens United?; "The Keystone XL Zombie Rises"; Killing Kids For Islam

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January 18 - Obama Rejects Keystone and Opens Big Oil's Coffers; Hungary's March to the Right; Mitt's 15% Tax Burden

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