
CREDO Mobile Happy birthday to Mary Tyler Moore, one of prime time TV's early feminists and a role model for a generation of working women.
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The Mary Tyler Moore show -- about a single and independent female news producer -- was a breakthrough show which aired on prime time television from 1970–1977.

CREDO Mobile This is a big one. Public comment ends today at 6pm ET on Pres. Obama's plan to use the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases. It's us vs. Big Coal. Add your name in support.
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The Obama administration is now in a position to regulate global warming pollution without having to wait for Congress (which has been lured into writing weak climate policies by industry lobbyists with deep pockets). ...

CREDO Mobile This is a great "best of the decade" list for women (and everyone who cares about them). One of our favorites is "#10: Educating girls is the key to planetary health."
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Technology has its place, but it doesn't replace a woman's wisdom. Here are some key stories from the last 10 years that highlight the innate wisdom and intelligence of a woman's body.

CREDO Mobile Just one of the things we're thankful for this holiday season.
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The 2008 election cycle didn't truly end for quite some time -- as the Minnesota Senate race stretched all the way into 2009. The year began for Franken with the Minnesota recount coming to a close on ...

CREDO Mobile Time to pause, stop shopping, and renew ourselves with family and friends.
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Senate Democrats pass health care reform.

CREDO Mobile If you are someone still shopping for Christmas gifts, you have to read this first. And then laugh (or maybe cry, but far better to laugh).
Top 10 worst Christmas gifts | Coming Home: Chronicling the (re)creation of the JP Green House | Gri
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Looking for the perfect luxury car stocking-stuffer? How about a personal branding iron? Glacier cruise? We've rounded up the worst gift items of the year.

CREDO Mobile We like CREW keeping the spotlight on corruption and scandals (we know it is there - the only question is does the public learn about it). Way to go CREW! Now let's hope the voters are paying close attention.
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23 Dec 2009 // Evan James // Mother Jones - Christmas came early today when u>Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington revealed their "Top Ten Ethics Scandals" of 2009. It’s their third annual ...

CREDO Mobile Maybe Michael Moore can use this clip in his next movie: Darth Vader ringing the bell to open trading on the NYSE yesterday!
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Darth Vader and a number of Storm Troopers from the Star Wars Saga rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. They, along with R2-D2, were there as representatives of Lucasfilm Ltd. (Dec. 22)

CREDO Mobile We agree. Sarah Palin's distortion about Obama's health care plans involving death panels that could kill one of her children definitely became the political lie of the year.
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Of all the falsehoods and distortions in the political discourse this year, one stood out from the rest. "Death panels." The claim set political debate afire when it was made in August, raising ...

CREDO Mobile Today we remember Chico Mendes. On this day in 1988 the environmental activist, union leader and hero of the Amazon rainforest was assassinated. CREDO is proud to support groups like Rainforest Action Network who continue Mendes' fight for justice.
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Francisco Alves Mendes Filho Cena ("Filho" is the equivalent to "Junior"; "Chico" is an abbreviative nickname for "Francisco" in Portuguese-Spanish-spelling countries), better known as Chico Mendes (December ...

CREDO Mobile Here is one award we can totally support. CREDO is proud to support Media Matters in naming Glen Beck the Misinformer of the Year.
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Glenn Beck's well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States -- and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox ...

CREDO Mobile Another filthy coal power plant bites the dust. CREDO is proud to have helped our friends at Earth Justice on this successful campaign. The grassroots "no new coal movement" is way out in front of the coal-powered Congress! We will keep campaigning against dirty coal until the last new coal plant is cancelled.
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Earthjustice applauds Seminole Electric Cooperative for its decision to withdraw its application to build a new coal-fired generating unit at its plant in Palatka, FL. The decision comes in response to ...

CREDO Mobile Despite immense citizen pressure, the global warming summit was basically a bust. David Roberts of Grist, who is not tied to any environmental group, gets it about right.
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The deal Obama brought home from Copenhagen wasn't just weak�it wasn't even really a deal. Here's what went wrong�and what Obama has to do next.

CREDO Mobile Jane Fonda turns 72 today - happy birthday! And, on this day in history, the New York World published the first crossword puzzle in a newspaper.
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Official Site of Jane Fonda the actress, fitness instructor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist. Jane regularly updates her blog and answers questions. Check out the new Jane Fonda merchandise in the store.

CREDO Mobile It's official. Not one progressive senator stood up to block a deeply flawed Senate bill. How many more pieces of key legislation will Joe Lieberman get to write with no Democrats willing to draw a line in the sand and challenge the President to step and push for real reform?
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The party-line procedural vote proved Democrats had locked in the margin needed to pass a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health care system.
























