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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Large Infrastructure Projects Could Have Disastrous Effects on Our Planet, and More
In today's On the News segment: The large infrastructure projects planned in the next 15 years could have a disastrous effect on our planet; the US Navy is investing …
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Equal Before the Law? New York Counties Face Push to Upgrade Public Defender System
New York has one of the most dysfunctional public defender systems in the nation.
The Rise of History’s Biggest Empire
“Empire Files” will document a world plagued by rampant inequality and endless war through rigorous investigative journalism.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence Is Not New, It’s the Cameras That Are New”
“It's the cameras that are new. It's not the violence that's new.”
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 1.5 Million US Households Live in Extreme Poverty, and More
In today's On the News segment: The number of Americans living on less than $2 a day has doubled in the last two decades; women fighting for equal pay …
Told to Fix Leaky Oil Train Cars in Two Months, Owners Sought Three Years
Regulators gave the owners until end of 2015.
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When Big Data Becomes Bad Data
Corporations are increasingly relying on algorithms to make business decisions and that raises new legal questions.
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Hidden Poor Highest Among Elder Black and Latino Households
In California, rent and health care are two items that soak up a good chunk of the elderly population's income.
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Inside the Texas Megachurch Where 90 Percent of Worshipers Are LGBT
There are hundreds of LGBT-friendly churches around the country - and many are in conservative cities where you'd least expect them.
Small Group Goes to Great Lengths to Block Homeschooling Regulation
The efforts of one lobbying group has thwarted efforts to monitor homeschooled kids.