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The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama’s Energy Pick
Criticism of Ernest Moniz has focused on his support for nuclear power and for natural gas extracted through fracking.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Bill Meant to Strengthen Gun Regulations Could Turn Into One That Actually Enhances Guns Rights, and More
In today's On the News segment: The bill the Senate is voting on next month to strengthen gun regulations could turn into one that actually enhances guns rights; nearly every state …
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Peripheral Tunnel Water Will Go to Agribusiness and Oil Companies
Missed in the mainstream media coverage of the release of the revised Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) documents on March 14 was the alarming role the peripheral tunnels could …
New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas
Some officers sought out or even manufactured arrests to avoid department retaliation.
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Detroit Citizens Prepare to Fight Their Corporate Master
What is needed is a social movement that will unite Labor and Civil Rights organizations and get Detroit's residents out into the streets in mass protest actions.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Judge Rules Against Attempt to Strike Down Health Care Law on Religious Grounds
A Missouri Court has struck down a law undermining the Affordable Care Act.
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ALEC Is Now Deciding What You Eat
ALEC is trying to pass bills in six states that would make it a crime to film animal abuse at factory farms.
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Corporate Education Reform Hits San Francisco Community College
Students and faculty are protesting changes proposed under the rubric of
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Supreme Court Hears Arizona’s Voter Proof-of-Citizenship Case
A new Supreme Court case based in Arizona could be the determining factor on the Federal government's ability to overturn states rights on issues of immigration.
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The Real Reason Scout Prouty Leaked the Famous Romney “47%" Video — It Was Over Romney Profiting from Slave Labor
Scott Prouty was appalled at how Romney was callous to slave labor; too bad we didn't have an national conversation about that.