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Public Education in the Crosshairs – ALEC’s Private Scholarship Tax Credits
ALEC's model bills for scholarship tax credits for private school tuition harm the people they are purported to help.
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Mexico Imprisons US Citizen Who Fought Corruption
A US citizen languishes in a Mexican prison with no access to her lawyers or the US consul. Charged with no crime, she is apparently guilty of uncovering government …
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EPA Proposes Rules for New Power Plants; Fight Over Coal’s Carbon Pollution Heats Up
The EPA will propose the first-ever carbon pollution standards for new coal-burning power plants.
Economic Update: Workers Fight Back
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update and responds to listeners in this segment.
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Chemical Weapons, Then Nuclear Weapons
US-Russian cooperation on achieving the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons is an exciting first step in the direction of a more decent world order.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Asks Business Groups to Help Avoid Another Economic Crisis, and More
President Obama raised the pressure on Congressional Republicans, and asked business groups to help avoid another economic crisis.
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Here’s a Capitalist Who Doesn’t Understand Capitalism
The idea that wealthy business owners are the sole source of jobs in our economy is just one big lie.
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The Myth of American Exceptionalism
The horrific events at the DC Navy Yard on September 16 are still metastasizing within the shellshocked American psyche. Faced with gratuitous images of a killer who should remain …
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Eliminating Nuclear Weapons is Just as Important as Eliminating Chemical Weapons
The apparent employment of chemical weapons in Syria should remind us that, while weapons of mass destruction exist, there is a serious danger that they will be used. That …
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Revealed: Extensive Koch Links to New Right-Wing $250 Million Mega Fund
Shadowy group Freedom Partners has extensive hidden connections to Koch Industries and to charities connected to Charles Koch.