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The Prison System Welcomes My Newborn Niece to This World
During and after the birth of my niece, my sister was allowed no family or friends at her bedside. Following the birth, a guard shackled my sister's ankles …
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The Environmental Consequences of Privatizing Mexico’s Oil
Those Americans who have become so concerned about fracking or oil drilling or climate change need to lift their eyes beyond the confines of their own local and national …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Have Come Up With Their Latest Plan to Hold Our Economy Hostage, and More
In today's On the News segment: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Republicans will not raise the debt ceiling unless President Obama delays Obamacare for another year; researchers at …
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How Verizon’s Challenge to FCC Net Neutrality Rules Could Silence Minority Voices
Some believe big internet service providers are trying to diminish the black community's ability to be visible online.
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Noam Chomsky: Instead of “Illegal” Threat to Syria, US Should Back Chemical Weapons Ban in All Nations
We get reaction to Obama's speech from world-renowned political dissident and linguist, MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky.
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Rania Masri and Chris Hedges on Obama’s Syria Address
Scholar Rania Masri and writer Chris Hedges respond to President Obama's major Syria address.
Twelve Years Post 9/11, Islamophobia Still Runs High
Deepa Kumar: Political elite have built Islamaphobia in US foreign policy to justify imperialistic ambitions.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fast-Food Restaurant in Michigan Proves It Is Possible to Pay a Living Wage, and More
In today's On the News segment: Diplomacy works; the Kansas state legislature says they're orchestrating a campaign against child poverty; in Wisconsin, the state's Libertarian Party is joining forces …
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Native American Tribes Seek Help from UN, World Court
A group of indigenous peoples from the US and Canada joined in a “Unity Ride” to the UN to plead for their sacred sites and their way of life …
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The New Goliath
Whatever Congress decides to do about bombing Syria, the United States is still trapped by a historic contradiction of its own invention.