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On the News With Thom Hartmann: A New Study Shows That Extreme Poverty in America Has Doubled in the Last 15 Years, and More (2)
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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What’s Ahead for Rep. Dennis Kucinich?
Dennis Kucinich, the liberal icon who tried twice to get the Democratic nomination for president, in Lorain, Ohio, January 1, 2012. In a newly drawn …
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The Bipartisan Force Behind the For-Profit College Scam: Big Money
As we head into an election year, we’re going to increasingly hear that Democrats and Republicans fight like cats and dogs, that there is a civil war in Washington. …
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The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and the Fight for Compensation
Tales from the Disaster Zone In March 2011 Shoji Katsuzo was farming rice, vegetables and cows in a small plot of land in Iitate village, Fukushima …
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The Richest 1 Percent Captured 93 Percent of Income Gains in 2010
Though the economy is slowly recovering from the Great Recession, large swaths of the American public are still bogged down by joblessness, underwater mortgages, and falling incomes. In fact, …
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Gulf Fisheries in Decline After Oil Disaster
New Orleans, Louisiana - Hundreds of thousands of people living along the US Gulf Coast have hung their economic lives on lawsuits against BP. Fishermen, in particular, …
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For First Time in 16 Years, Kucinich Loses His Seat
In a primary faceoff between two veteran Democratic incumbents, voters in Ohio delivered a victory to Representative Marcy Kaptur, a progressive from Toledo, over Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, leaving …
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Romney Narrowly Wins Ohio; Santorum Strong
Mitt Romney appeared to pull off a narrow victory in Ohio on Super Tuesday but lost several other states to Rick Santorum, a split verdict that overshadowed Mr. Romney’s …
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Romney’s Quest for White House Began Years Ago, Costing $200 Million
Washington - Since first setting eyes on the White House, Mitt Romney and his backers have spent over $200 million — including $44.6 million of his fortune — on …
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Days Are Numbered for Unlimited Mobile Data Plans
Barcelona, Spain - In Indonesia, nearly a third of the population is younger than 15 years old. So Telkomsel, the leading mobile operator in the country, offers a data …