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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fukushima Is Having Trouble Disposing of Hundreds of Thousands of Tons of Contaminated Nuclear Waste Water, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â Fukushima's water-treatment manager admitted that they are having trouble disposing of hundreds of thousands of tons of contaminated nuclear waste water; a CEO threatened …
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Secretive Surveillance Program Goes to the Supreme Court
The US government insists that Americans donu2019t have the right to challenge a law that lets the NSA eavesdrop on them, but that could change next week.
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Need for Keystone XL Shrinking as Industry Looks to Export US Crude Oil
A dramatic and unexpected American oil boom is transforming pipeline networks and changing the way petroleum has flowed for decades.
Law Enforcement Officials Call for an End to “The War On Drugs”
Jim Gierach a former Assistant Stateu2019s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois and Richard Van Wickler superintendent for the Cheshire County, New Hampshire Department of Corrections call for the legalization …
Prop 34: Ex-San Quentin Prison Warden Jeanne Woodford Backs California Measure to End Death Penalty
The former warden of San Quentin State Prison, Jeanne Woodford, joins us to discuss why she has come out in favor of Proposition 34, a ballot initiative to abolish …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: War May Be Around the Corner Between Israel and Sudan, and More
The technocrats are turning Greece into a feudal state u2013 and people are dying, war may be around the corner between Israel and Sudan, Wikileaks began releasing more than …
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Romney, Family and Friends Connected to the Company Counting the Vote in Cincinnatti
A citizen's obligation to vote does not negate a citizen's obligation to vigilantly defend the democratic franchise that lies at the center of our society.
Mexican Caravan for Peace Promotes Necessary Conversation About the War on Drugs
The Caravan for Peace and Justice with Dignity, a Mexican activist group that toured the United States, may be the real answer to the drug cartel problems in Mexico.
Farming the Urban Sea
After years of overfishing that put the ocean in danger, a new form of ocean-friendly farming has emerged in Long Island that is using sustainable methods to bring the …
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Bain-Owned Sensata Illegally Threatens Workers for Organizing
Bain-owned Sensata threatened to retaliate and immediately close their Freeport, Ill plant if workers there don't stop protesting the outsourcing of their jobs to China.