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Lockup Quotas Help For-Profit Prison Companies Keep Profits High and Prisons Full
For-profit prison operators have found a new way to keep beds full and profits high. They call them
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William Rivers Pitt | Green Eggs and Derp
"It is not every day that the troll under the bridge broaches the broad daylight and sprays his derangement into the air for all to see and hear, but …
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Climate Change Movement Shifts to Convey Urgency
Leaders in the climate justice movement say it is time to start leveraging activists' commitment against the greatest crisis humanity's ever faced.
Tim DeChristopher Talks With Truthout About the Government’s Failure to Silence Him
Tim DeChristopher speaks with Truthout's Mark Karlin about the power of activism and the injustices of his trial.
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In Depth: The Debate Over the EPA’s New Carbon Capture Climate Scheme
The technology, known as Carbon Capture and Sequestration, has sparked a debate between environmentalists.
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Japan: Don’t Ruin a Good Thing
Paul Krugman: So far, Abenomics has been going really, really well.
Economic Update: Economic Downturns
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update, including the meaning and economic impact on US of Washington struggles over the debt ceiling, and responds to listeners in this segment.
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The Surge of Neo-Nazism in Greece
The recent murder of left-wing rapper Pavlos Fyssas by an assassin from Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn may shift the country away from an alarming slide toward fascism.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Sen. Ted Cruz Takes Senate Floor to Launch a Phony Filibuster, and More
On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz took the floor of the Senate to launch an all-night phony filibuster, and more.
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Global Warming About to Claim Three Quarters of a Billion People
Three quarters of a billion people will almost certainly run low on water in just the regions who's rivers are supplied with water from the glaciers in the Himalayas.