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The Rise of Privatized Policing: How Crisis Capitalism Created Crisis Cops
With more private security guards than public police officers, what are the consequences for accountability?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Hawaii Is the Latest Battleground in the Fight for Solar Energy, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Hawaiian Electric Company has been blocking thousands of residents from generating their own electricity; the loss of sea ice in the Arctic …
Four Activists Arrested at Salvadoran Embassy Protesting Imprisonment of 17 Salvadoran Women for Miscarriages
Four activists were arrested this morning at the Embassy of El Salvador where they staged a sit-in to call attention to 17 Salvadoran women currently serving extreme prison sentences …
Judge’s Ruling in Rekia Boyd Case Sparks Outrage, Protests
The surprise ruling in the trial of Dante Servin, a Chicago Police officer who shot and killed 22-year old Rekia Boyd on Chicago's West side in 2012, sparked a …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: We Spend $2 Billion a Year on Congress
Corporate lobbyists spend even more to buy off our federal lawmakers, and more.
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Dahr Jamail | Experts Warn of “Cataclysmic” Changes as Planetary Temperatures Rise
We are at the very beginning of a period of “abrupt” climate disruption.
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Suicide on the Great Sioux Nation
The Lakota Nation is coming together to deal with historical trauma, and find strength and hope for their youth.
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Vermont Activists Battle Democratic Governor for Single-Payer Health Care
Growing estrangement of labor from Democrats could lead to Shumlin's replacement.
Food Stamps Are Worth Double at These Michigan Farmers Markets – Helping Families and Local Businesses
The USDA is putting $31 million behind a program that helps low-income families take home twice the veggies, and local farmers make twice the money.
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New York Airport Workers Strike, Telling Management “Poverty Wages Don’t Fly“
Meet some of the New York City airport workers, and their union allies, calling for higher wages and union representation.