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This Chart Shows How Unions Help Redistribute Wealth Throughout US Society
There is a strong correlation between union membership and income equality in the US.
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UN Grills Mexico Over Handling of 43 Missing Students
The United Nations pressures Mexico over the missing 43 students.
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The Next Syriza? As Greece Rejects Austerity, Meet the Activist Who Could Become Spain’s New PM
Talks between Greece and eurozone finance ministers over Athens' debt broke down Monday.
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“Drastic Decline” Seen in World Press Freedom
Reporters Without Borders warns of a “worldwide deterioration in freedom of information.”
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Largest Solar Farm in the US Is Officially Operating, and More
In today's On the News segment: Our nation's largest solar farm is officially online and it's operating on public lands; massive snow storms are directly related to hotter global temperatures; …
Jail Video Visits Are No Substitute for the Real Thing
Prison video “visits” often replace in-person visits in order to maximize profits for private companies.
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Fear, Inc. 2.0: As Anti-Muslim Incidents Continue, Report Exposes Funders, Pundits of Islamophobia
A new report exposes the people who fund and stoke anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.
Tens of Thousands Join North Carolina Moral March to Protest GOP Takeover, Racism and Islamophobia
Tens of thousands gathered Saturday in Raleigh for what organizers are calling one of the largest civil rights rallies in the South since the Selma to Montgomery march in …
Copenhagen Attack Witness Inna Shevchenko Debates Scholar Tariq Ramadan on Religion and Free Speech
The attacks in Copenhagen come a month after the massacre at the Paris offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: HSBC May Have Gotten Away With More Crimes Than We Thought, and More
In today's On the News segment: The “too-big-to-jail” banks may have gotten away with even more crimes than we thought; according to billionaire Nick Hanauer, stock buybacks are killing …