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Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness and Addiction
Humans have always used drugs, but current level of drug abuse could indicate a bigger problem that we’re driving people into addiction. What’s the connection between the increase in …
How Pop Culture Influences Political Expectations
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona on February 13, 2012. Film historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins …
Revealed: Corporation-Courting Imperialist Thomas Friedman
Verso Books recently inaugurated a series it calls “Counterblasts,” which “aims to revive the tradition of polemical writing inaugurated by Puritan and leveller pamphleteers in the seventeenth century.” Its …
Bill Moyers Interviews Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry (Video)
Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: From the combative, ferocious and vituperative field of politics, we repair to a quieter …
Chicago Teachers Speak Out About “Reform” Effects
“We worry more about our students now more than we ever have in the past.” Since the latest Chicago Public Schools “reform” efforts began in 1996, Orr …
Kathleen Hall Jamieson: Campaign Misinformation
Kathleen Hall Jamieson shares more eye-opening political analysis, including positive outcomes of both the Republican debates and some Fox News coverage, how audience participation at a debate distorts its …
Thomas Frank Talks With Truthout on How Wall Street Doubled Down on Trashing America’s Economy
Thomas Frank. (Photo: New America Foundation / Flickr) Thomas Frank wrote the seminal book on why many middle-class Americans vote against their economic interests in "What's the …
Virginia Working to Pass Vaginally Penetrative Probe for Women Seeking Abortion
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Virginia State Deligate David Englin talks with Rachel Maddow about the Virginia's invasive anti-abortion bill that will …
Capitalism, the Infernal Machine: An Interview With Fredric Jameson
The literary critic and Marxist political theorist, Fredric Jameson, has written Representing Capital: A Reading of Volume One, a book that revisits Karl Marx's most important work, Capital. On …
An Interview with Occupy the SEC About Their Volcker Rule Comment Letter
February 13 was an important deadline for comment letters relating to the implementation of the Volcker Rule. One group that submitted a comment letter was Occupy the SEC, an …