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The Conservative Playbook for Keeping “Dark Money” Dark
Groups opposing tighter state campaign finance rules coach their local supporters on how to battle disclosure of political donors.
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Amid College Lawsuits, Obama Administration to Establish “Student Aid Enforcement Union“
More than 1,300 of borrower claims involve federally-guaranteed loans.
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Regulating Banks vs. Displacing Them: Where Clinton and Sanders Disagree on Wall Street
Sanders and Clinton often use similar rhetoric when discussing Wall Street, but their financial policies are far from the same.
Obama’s Last Budget May Be Ignored by the GOP
Throughout the Obama administration, the divide between Congress and the White House has been growing steadily wider.
Supporting the Real Job Creators
New evidence suggests supporting in-state startups and existing local companies is more effective in building strong economies.
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In Michigan, Petitioning Against The Government Lands You a Prison Sentence
Reverend Edward Pinkney continues to serve a prison sentence for organizing against the first Emergency Manager in Flint.
The Secret Deaths of Dozens at Privatized Immigrant-Only Jails
A shocking new investigation about private prisons has revealed dozens of men have died in disturbing circumstances inside these facilities.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Court Rules That Corporations Should Pay to Clean Up Their Disasters, and More
In today's On the News segment: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that corporations, not taxpayers, should pay to clean up their own disasters; Maine will get to …
Ladydrawers: The Gresham Experiment, Part 1
How does a scarcity of healthy food options and street violence relate in the Chicago neighborhood of Auburn Gresham?
Dahr Jamail | Aiming for Venus: Top GOP Candidates United in Denying Climate Change
If a Republican candidate were to become the next president, the prospects for the planet and the climate are bleak.