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Running Away from TB Treatment
As patients attempt to flee hospitals, misconceptions about TB are thwarting doctorsu2019 attempts to stamp out the disease.
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Haitian Grassroots Groups Wary of “Attractive” Mining Law
With more policies aimed to entice investors, Haitians are mobilizing and forming networks to resist mining in their country.
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America’s Foster Care System: Test Lab for Big Pharma, Cash Cow for Caretakers?
It's estimated that more than half of America's foster children are on some sort of psychiatric drug. A practice one doctor calls u201cinstitutionalized child abuse.
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers’ Stories: Lorenzo Benton
As the hunger strikers enter their 4th week, Pelican Bay prisoner Lorenzo Benton describes what happens at the facility and theu00a0retaliatory actions that have been taken against the hunger …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Democrats in Congress Are Standing Up to the Supreme Court, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Tea Party is turning on Republicans; rising ocean temperatures rise around the globe, are forcing marine life to migrate to cooler waters; …
Obama Negotiates Cuts to Medicare as the Program Reaches Its 48th Anniversary
Last week marked the 48th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare.
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DEA Using NSA Surveillance to Crack Down on Drug Crimes?
A new report reveals that a secretive DEA unit funnels surveillance info from gov't agencies to law enforcement — and tells them to hide it.
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“One Threat” — Progressive Power Unifying
Dave Johnson discusses corporate-funded conservatives and their war on democracy.
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The Wall Street Ties of Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner
If Summers is still taking big payments to speak favorably towards corporations, Americans should know about it.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reuters Report Reveals DEA’s Involvement in NSA Surveillance Coverup, and More
Thom Hartmann reports on the NSA surveillance scandal, Republicans' attempt to block Obamacare and more.