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Charles Koch’s Disturbing High School Economics Project Teaches “Sacrificing Lives for Profits“
Is Koch Industries behind your university or grade school's economics curriculum?
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Freedom From Violence: Lessons From Black Prisoner Organizing
As prison organizing demonstrates, the pursuit of freedom from violence is rooted in care and creativity.
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Our Poverty Myth
The illusion that people are to blame for their own poverty goes back centuries in our culture.
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An American Fukushima May Be Closer Than You Think
A catastrophic nuclear incident has the potential to displace millions of people from an area nearly as large as New Jersey.
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Weaponized Drones and the Phony “War on Terror”
Like the “war on drugs,” the phony “war on terrorism” promotes economic interests, serves political agendas, entrenches militarism.
The Other Big Surprise of 2016 Is the Return of Democratic Socialism
Whether or not Sanders reaches the White House, it's clear that democratic socialism has made a comeback in American life.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Nanosized Plastics Are Seriously Harming the Ocean, and More
In today's On the News segment: Nanoparticles in the ocean have the ability to cross biological barriers, such as the intestinal wall and brain; unless fossil fuels are kept …
It’s Not Just the Speeches: Hillary Clinton Questioned Over Son-in-Law’s Ties to Goldman Sachs
Multiple issues have continued to dog Clinton's campaign, including the question of her connection to Goldman Sachs.
DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz Faces Criticism for Bias and Opening Up DNC to Lobbyists
Some Democrats are considering pressuring Debbie Wasserman Schultz to step down.
Used and Betrayed: 100 Years of US Troops as Lab Rats
Abby Martin documents decades of experimentation on US troops.