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From Tacoma to Texas, Hunger Strikers Challenge Migrant Jails
A hunger strike at a private GEO Group migrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, has spread to another in Texas.
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Residents Still Not Drinking Tap Water Two Months After West Virginia Spill
Shaghayegh Tajvidi travels to Charleston to investigate the impacts of the massive West Virginia chemical spill.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Koch Brothers Spent More Money Than the Top 10 Unions Combined, and More
In today's On the News segment: In the 2012 elections, the Koch brothers spent more money than the top ten unions combined;Â the gamblers on Wall Street raked in $26.7 …
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New Report: Fortune 100 Companies Have Received $1.2 Trillion in Corporate Welfare Recently
Military contractors, oil companies and banks are the biggest welfare queens around.
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Crimea
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Held Captive by Bad Policy
The U.S. embargo against Cuba isn't working.
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Fukushima Fallout: Ailing US Sailors Sue TEPCO After Exposure to Radiation 30 Times Higher Than Normal
Many of the servicemembers who provided humanitarian relief during the disaster have experienced devastating health ailments since returning from Japan.
The Breaking of a Power Monopoly: Community Choice?
PG&E has had a monopoly on the energy needs of Northern California since 1905. But a new state government entity promises to turn over most conventional wisdom of who …
Living Legacy of Machismo: Rape Victim Charged for Self-Defense
Alleged kidnapping and rape victim Yakiri Rubi Rubio could spend ten years in jail for turning her attacker's knife back on him in a case that reveals unequal justice …
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Armed Angry White Males the New Domestic Terrorists
Today, lynch mobs have been replaced by Zimmermans and Dunns, who feel empowered by Stand Your Ground, believing that juries of their peers will exonerate them of their use …