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“We Should Be Protecting Children”: Rep. Gutierrez Supports Funds for Humanitarian Crisis at Border
President Obama has called for close to $3.7 billion to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding at the US-Mexico border where more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been detained since …
Protestors Say No to Fracked Gas Export Expansion Plan
Activists gather in DC over plans to expand Maryland's Cove Point facility into a liquidation and export terminal as safety risks and pollution concerns remain unanswered.
A Ground Invasion of Gaza Will Achieve Nothing But More Bloodshed
Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy says the people of Gaza are victims of Israeli domestic politics and treated like hostages by Hamas.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Oil Industry Is Cashing in on Subsidies, and More
The fossil fuel industry is cashing in on government welfare, and more.
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The Return of George Orwell and Big Brother’s War: On Israel, Ukraine and Truth
As advanced societies are de-politicized, the changes are both subtle and spectacular.
NSA and FBI Targeting Muslim American Leaders
This would not be the first time the FBI has targeted groups based on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion.
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US Moves to Address Chronic “Teacher Equity” Problem
The US government has moved to tackle longstanding patterns of inequitable teacher quality, specifically in terms of how low quality teachers tend to be assigned to poor and marginalized …
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GDP and the Public Sector
The reality is that the government and the economy are so thoroughly integrated it is impossible to separate the two.
Fanny Pack Mixup Unravels Massive Medicare Fraud Scheme
Two secretaries in a doctor's office have pleaded guilty and a pharmacy owner faces charges in a scam that Medicare allowed to thrive for more than two years.
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ABC News Tells Viewers That Scenes of Destruction in Gaza Are in Israel
As usual, mainstream media outlets are straining to paint Israel as the victim, defending its people against irrational Palestinian rocket fire.