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        NOTE: A version of this piece also appeared at The Huffington Post -- check it out here.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        Publicly, BP has said it intends to be generous in compensating those affected by the Gulf oil spill: CEO Tony Hayward has pledged to 
  
      
     
   
  
  
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        Labor unions are taking a beating f
  
      
     
   
  
  
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        In a year when political protest has been defined by the Tea Party and challenges from the political right, tomorrow's Democratic run-off between Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter has become 2010's marquee battle for progressives.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
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        MAY/JUNE 2010 | Coal ash is the country's second-biggest source of industrial waste and full of arsenic, lead and other toxins -- yet it's routinely dumped near communities with little publicity and few rules. In a week-long investigation, Facing South looks at the growing problem of coal ash and the looming battle in Washington over regulation.