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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Budget Proposal a Kick in the Guts to Working Americans
Someone needs to remind Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and his Party that they lost the election in November.
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Employees at Billion Dollar Companies Fight for a Living Wage
One in four workers in the United States is employed in a low-wage job.
Reporting on Sweatshops When Your Boss Is in the Sweatshop Business
ABC World News has done two pretty tough reports from Brian Ross on the horrible fire at the Tazreen garment factory in Bangladesh that killed 114 workers. On November …
How Petraeus Quietly Stoked the Fires of Sectarian War Without Getting Burned
Gen. David Petraeus led the US war strategy to a dependence on Shi'a militia, which inflamed sectarian war.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Study Shows Carbon Emissions Up 3 Percent From Last Year, and More
Walmart drops thousands of part-time employees from its health insurance plan in the week after widespread protests against the retail giant, and more.
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The Shocking Details of a Mississippi School-to-Prison Pipeline
Wear the wrong color socks to school in Meridian, Mississippi, and you might end up in juvy.
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Hot and Crusty Bakery Workers Seal the Deal on Unionization
The agreement includes wage increases, paid vacation and sick days, grievance and arbitration procedures, and a union hiring hall.
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Tax Incentives to Companies Bleeding Towns Dry, With Few Results
States, counties and cities are giving up more than $80 billion each year to companies, with few results.
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Fossil Fuel Lobby in the Driver’s Seat at Doha
A new scientific report shows that global warming can be kept well under two degrees C, but only if most of the known deposits of coal, oil and gas …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Thanks to Citizens United, Foreign Entities Are Meddling in Our Elections, and More
In today's On the News segment: Thanks to Citizens United, foreign entities are meddling in our elections; an overwhelming majority of nations supported granting Palestine observer-state status; Hostess is …