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On the News With Thom Hartmann: World’s Largest Climate March Takes Over NYC, and More
In today's On the News segment: World's largest climate march takes over New York City, and more.
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Marijuana Decriminalization a Racial Justice Victory in Philadelphia
Combined, this year's series of national victories around marijuana decriminalization may look spontaneous, but they in fact speak to years of racial justice organizing and the cultural shift around …
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Giant Corporations Want to Control All of Your Beer
These kings of beer are riding the wave of craft brewing enthusiasm, buying up smaller breweries, and duping customers along the way.
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Uganda’s Youth Discover the Beauty in Farming
The new direction for Miss Uganda has raised some eyebrows.
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Occupy Offshoot Cancels $4 Million in Predatory Student Loans – and Starts a Debtors Union
“Rolling Jubilee is a fantastic way to punch through the illusion that you actually owe what the 1 percent thinks you owe,” said Thomas Gokey, a Rolling Jubilee co-founder …
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UN Report: Human-Caused Climate Disruption Is “Severe, Pervasive, Irreversible“
A recently released draft report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that anthropogenic climate disruption is fully upon us, and will dramatically worsen unless something is …
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At New York March, Activists Work to Connect Capitalist Culprits to Climate Crisis
At the largest climate march in history, activists made a point to tie climate disruption to those seen as most responsible - major corporations and governments.
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Voices From the People’s Climate March: Indigenous Groups Lead Historic 400,000-Strong NYC Protest
As many as 400,000 people turned out in New York City on Sunday for the People's Climate March, the largest environmental protest in history.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate GOP Blocks Legislation on Gender Pay Gap, and More
In today's On the News segment: Senate Republicans block legislation aimed at closing the gender pay gap, and more.
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Can “Womenomics” Stem the Feminization of Poverty in Japan?
Statistics indicate that Japan is now registering record poverty levels.