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William Rivers Pitt | Decisions Are Made by Those Who Show Up
All you need to see in order to understand just how poorly our level of voter turnout has been working out for each and every one of us is …
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Food Stamps Are Affordable; Corporate Welfare Is Not
The American taxpayer isn't paying much for social safety net programs like food stamps and Medicare. But we are paying a lot for the billions of dollars the US …
Bill Moyers: Yves Smith and Dean Baker on Secrets in Trade
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is deliberately shrouded in secrecy, a trade deal powerful people, including President Obama, don't want you to know about.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Voting Laws Threaten State Elections, and More
Today is election day in several states around our nation, and the danger of many new voting laws is apparent, and more.
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The Superrich Don’t Need Our Middle Class Infrastructure
America is falling apart - and this nation's super-rich are to blame.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Insurance Companies Are Trying to Cheat Customers Out of More Money, and More
In today's On the News segment: Insurance companies are trying to cheat customers out of more money; after using our commons to build their fortunes, the super-rich are abandoning …
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McCutcheon: The People Strike Back to Have a Voice in Elections
While the US Supreme Court mulls lifting overall limits to campaign contributions in the McCutcheon case, Seattle citizens go to the polls Tuesday over reforming their elections with publicly …
Keep US Troops in Afghanistan? Let Congress Vote!
If you agree that Reps. Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee and Walter Jones that any agreement to keep thousands of US troops in Afghanistan indefinitely should be debated and voted …
Securities and Exchange Commission Political Disclosure Rulemaking Is a Critical Step for Investors and Democracy
Lawmakers, investors and academics detail the benefits of SEC rule requiring publicly traded companies to disclose political spending.
America’s Tar Baby
The idea of using nuclear power in the tar sands has taken flight once again in our own era, though this time disguised as a Green Energy solution.