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Social Movements Need To Be Aware of Corporate Influence and Opportunists
Activists should learn from Occupy about the dangers of being co opted.
Medical Marijuana Dropped from State Budget, Leaving Patients to Suffer
On Saturday, Governor Cuomo, Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Co-Presidents Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein announced that they had reach a budget agreement, but the deal excluded the Compassionate …
Stress Tests, Lending, and Capital Requirements
Despite the much-publicized black eye to Citigroup's management, the bottom line of the Federal Reserve's stress tests is that every other large U.S. bank will be allowed to pay …
Democratic Despair
The latest municipal elections in France have been analyzed and interpreted as a rebuff for the so-called “socialist” President Hollande.
Exclusive: Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah on Prison and Regime’s “War on a Whole Generation”
Amy Goodman spends the hour with one of Egypt's most prominent dissidents, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, speaking in his first extended interview after nearly four months behind bars.
Leaked Senate Report Shows Use of Torture as “Ineffective”
Larry Wilkerson: Latest report further corroborates evidence proving torture's ineffectiveness, while placing greater pressure on President Obama to issue an investigation into CIA's practices.
Immigration Reform in the Shadows of Cesar Chavez’s Legacy
Cesar Chavez's personal aide Marc Grossman and organizer Rosalinda Guillen examine the current situation for farmworkers and whether the Senate's immigration reform will improve their lives.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: We’re Still Seeing the Effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 25 Years Later, and More
In today's On the News segment: It's been a quarter of a century since the Exxon Valdez spill, and fewer than half of the fish and wildlife populations in …
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Is It Time To Charge People With Ecocide?
Our public officials, elected representatives and business leaders could all be guilty of crimes against humanity.
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Double Standards? Panel Cites US Human Rights Treaty Breaches
When America calls others to account for human rights offenses, it must be ready to acknowledge and correct its own lapses.