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Economic Update: Shameful Economics
Updates on Alabama prison/slave labor; automobile irrationalities; the California drought; and more.
Economic Update: Culture and Economics
Updates on public power in Nebraska; Earth Day; Coca Cola's misleading advertisement; closing hospitals; and more.
Economic Update: “Tax Injustices”
Updates on how inequality persists across generations; the nonsense of “taxes are job killers”; governor uses tax revenues to prevent unionization in a private enterprise; and more.
Truthout Interviews John Pilger on Aborigine Assimilation by Abduction in Australia
Author and film-maker John Pilger talks about continuing Australian government policies that assure the cultural - and ultimately material - elimination of the Aborigines.
Economic Update: Bankers and Presidents
Updates on Bill O'Reilly vs. Bill de Blasio; Greek bonds; millions of dollars for Detroit's athletes; and who pays federal taxes.
Economic Update: Building Worker Co-Ops
Updates on Supreme Court McCutcheon decision on campaign financing, global meaning of French municipal elections, special impacts on women of raising minimum wages, and more.
Stuck in the Bluff: The Controversy of Needle Exchange Programs
With hundreds of programs across the US and throughout the world, some states still view distributing needles as illegal.
Economic Update: Economic Extremes
Major discussions on income distribution vs. redistribution; Maryland cutting taxes on rich and leaving tipped workers' minimum wages at $3.63 an hour; and a final segment on criticisms of …
Economic Update: The System in Question
Updates on GM recall; Bangladeshi women garment workers; hi-tech tax evasion; and more.
Economic Update: Criticisms of Capitalism
Richard Wolff gives an updates on the GM recall scandal; corporations' push for secret courts; marijuana economics; Radio Shack closings; US workers leaving the labor force; and more.