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Economic Update: Struggles Over the Welfare State
Richard D. Wolff gives updates on the tentative budget deal in Congress, psychiatrists refusing insurance, austerity's terrible toll on Ireland; and more.
2013: The Year the Prison System Changed?
2013 saw significant changes from sentencing reform, to drug policy, to how people are treated behind bars.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Inequalities
Richard D. Wolff discusses capitalism's uneven development and more.
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Conquest: Sexual Violence and Native American Genocide
Andrea Smith, author of u201cConquest: Sexual Violence and Native American Genocideu201d explains the connection between violence against women, and the colonization of native lands and bodies.
Economic Update: Learning From History
Updates on key economic causes of Obamacare difficulties, risks of global deflation, Madrid's garbage strike, and the $13 billion settlement with JP Morgan Chase. Interview with Prof Sheila D. …
Economic Update: “There Is No Recovery … and the Policy Is Not Working”
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on Janet Yellen, minimum wages, Twitter, the Cuba trade embargo, and more.
Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age
In honor of the 10th anniversary of Free Press, Michael Winship sat down with journalist and author Craig Aaron, who in 2011 became the organization's president and CEO.
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Behind the Kitchen Door: Restaurant Workers’ Fight for Justice
Americans eat out more than any other people. But the workers who put food on our restaurant tables are struggling to feed themselves and their families.
Economic Update: What Price Capitalism?
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on big banks' manipulation of foreign exchange market; Ireland paying for bank bailouts; Big Pharma being guilty of ‘recklessly endangering health’; and …
Into Eternity: A Look at the Long-Term Storage of Nuclear Waste
Exploring the scientific and philosophical questions long-term nuclear waste storage poses.