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Feminist Party Scores First Victory in EU Election
For the first time ever, a candidate attached to an out-and-out “feminist” political party has been elected to serve on the European Parliament.
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Irate Lyme Disease Patients Storm “Dinner Party” at IDSA Headquarters
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's 2006 Lyme disease guideline panel has undercut its credibility by allowing financial interests to exclude divergent medical evidence.
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New Campaign for a Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons Gains Momentum
Achieving a ban treaty negotiated without the nuclear weapons states would give us a cudgel to hold them to their bargain to negotiate for the total elimination of nuclear …
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Newark Rejects $100 Million School Scam
Charter schools have been foisted upon black and brown children across the country, and in the process fired thousands of black teachers, closed schools, and stolen resources from public …
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The World Health Organization in Thrall to the Nuclearists
The International Atomic Energy Agency, whose mandate is the promotion of everything nuclear, has - for the last 55 years - prevented the WHO from carrying out its public …
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Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay for It
A key factor in the rising cost of college is driven by expenditures largely unrelated to either the quality of the education, teaching or maintaining campus facilities.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Largest Food Companies Are Big Polluters, and More
In this week's On the News Segment: The largest food companies are big polluters, and more.
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Hemp Defies Hurdles to Make a Comeback in Spain
Spain is experiencing a resurgence of hemp, one of the species of cannabis with the lowest THC content, which has been used for millennia to produce textile, medicinal and …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Poor Are More Ethical Than the 1%
The rich love to demonize the poor, but it turns out that the wealthy are the ones who need a little shaming, and more.
Verizon Retail Workers Win Union Vote – First to Do So
Wireless is where Verizon makes most of its profits. But for decades, Verizon has kept a wall between union workers in its landline division and non-union workers in its …