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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Apple Supplier and Human Rights Abuser FoxConn to Raise Wages, and More
In today's On the News segment: Hundreds of thousands demonstrated against austerity measures in Spain over the weekend, US Supreme Court suspends Montana court's prohibition against corporate spending in …
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European Ministers Are Poised to Approve Greek Rescue
A man waits at a window near shopping carts of unorganized files and forms at a tax office in Athens, Greece, May 20, 2011. In exchange for the bailout …
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UN Nuclear Inspectors Return to Tehran
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a news conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York, September 23, 2011. (Photo: Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times) …
The Real Job Creators: You and Me
For three decades, we have been told that “trickle-down” economics that benefit the wealthy is the key to creating jobs. But that's baloney. The evidence shows that ordinary people, …
Presidents’ Day: Just Another Presidential Fable
In the United States, February brings “Presidents’ Day” and some familiar stories, such as George Washington chopping down ye olde cherry tree, circulate anew. Sweet as it may sound …
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“Free Radicals” Celebrates Subversive Science
(Image: Profile Books) With his book, “Free Radicals,” British physicist and journalist Michael Brooks seeks principally to provide a counternarrative to popular interpretations of the scientific world …
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Radioactive or Not, Tsunami Debris Could Seriously Impact US’s, Canada’s West Coasts
Fishing boats and other debris are dispersed at the Oharai Port after a tsunami struck the area following Friday's massive earthquake in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, March 12, 2011. (Photo: …
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Uncle Sam, Global Gangster
With the United States now well into the second decade of what the Pentagon has styled an “era of persistent conflict,” the war formerly known as the global war …
Subsidize This: US Eyes Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels, But What Gets Protected?
While trade is often a bone of contention between the United States and China, this week’s visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping threw the spotlight on one subset …
How the Ohio GOP’s Attempts to Game Voting Rules Backfired
The 2000 presidential election opened the eyes of many in politics to the important lesson that voting rules matter. After that began the proverbial march to the sea of …