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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Another Violent Police Crackdown May Be Looming in Oakland, and More
In today's On the News segment: Another violent police crackdown may be looming in Oakland, Rick Perry's hope of winning the presidency was dashed in last night’s CNBC Republican …
Spotlight G20: The Rules of Austerity are Still Marked by a Double-Standard Ideology
Yet again, the G20 Summit, held in Cannes last week, yielded insipid communiqués that merely rehashed past commitments, outlined policies the G20 countries are already doing, and reiterated the …
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Greece Selects Former European Central Bank Official for New Prime Minister
Athens - Lucas Papademos, a respected economist with an avuncular style, was named prime minister of Greece on Thursday. He will lead a unity government that has pledged to …
Walker’s “Anything but Jobs” Special Session Wraps
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has promised to create 250,000 new jobs. In advance of a planned gubernatorial recall election, Walker announced last month that the State Legislature would focus …
California Refuses to Accept Obama’s Banking Sellout
California Attorney General Kamala Harris says that she refuses to release banks from legal liability for the mortgage crisis. (Photo: Obama For America - California) There is …
9/11 Terrorists Made Millions on the Stock Market
Terrorism: The Ultimate in Insider Trading A Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher says that what happens to financial markets after a terrorist attack, and how terrorists make …
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Ninety-Nine Percent Protests Against Bush and Cheney Indicate That Movement Is Not Forgetting Foreign Policy
On Friday, former President George W. Bush will be speaking at the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm …
The Fire Next Time Is Now: On Planetary Patriotism
Angus Wright has a way of saying things we may not want to hear in a way that’s hard to ignore. An example: During a meeting of …
“Corporations Are Not People”: Activists Push Amendment to Revoke “Corporate Personhood“
After an Election Day that saw a number of wins for progressive causes nationwide, activists opposed to “corporate personhood” — the notion that corporations have equal rights to individuals …
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Foreign Influence: Inappropriate for Lawmakers Tasked With Shrinking the Deficit
In his presidential farewell address, George Washington offered this warning to the young nation: "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence…the jealousy of a free people ought to be …