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Despite Repression, Mexican Teachers Continue to Resist Education Reform
Mexico's government is brutally repressing teachers protesting neoliberal education reform.
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Status of the Resistance Movement: Growing, Deepening, Succeeding
Resistance continues to win real victories given the fertile environment created by a government that cannot respond to popular demands for a fair economy and participatory democracy.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Addresses the UN About Syria and the Middle East, and More
On Tuesday, President Obama addressed the United Nations about Syria and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
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Protesters Take Over US Trade Rep Building, Expose Secret Negotiations
The TPP will have vast consequences for U.S. laws, workers rights, the environment and many other aspects of life.
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Escape From an LA Sweatshop: How Modern-Day Slaves Become Lobbyists
Lured from Mexico into forced labor at an American factory, Flor Molinau2019s human trafficking story was typical. Whatu2019s remarkable is what she did next.
The F Word: Domestic Workers Aren’t Members of the Family
The Obama administration announced it will finally extend minimum wage and overtime protections to domestic workers, a change labor and community groups have pushed for.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Has One Week to Continue Resolutions or Risk Government Shutdown
Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. Over the weekend, a massive hostage situation unfolded in a Kenyan shopping mall, and at least 62 …
Spilling the NSA’s Secrets: Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger on the Inside Story of Snowden Leaks
Interview with Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, the British newspaper that first reported on Snowdenu2019s leaked documents.
Thanks to Governor Corbett, Philly Schools Open Overcrowded and Understaffed
When Philadelphia public school students returned to class earlier this month, they were attending a district wracked by the firing of thousands of employees and the shuttering of 23 …
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Chris Hedges | The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary takes a bizarre, in-depth look into the world of political domination and mass murders.