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Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness and Addiction
What's the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today?
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Walmart, Gap Seek Separate Safety Standards for Bangladesh Factories
Labor advocates are disparaging the new talks, suggesting the results will likely not be binding and thus will not be able to ensure worker safety.
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Social Security and Medicare Reports Little Changed From 2012
The projected shortfall in Medicare has fallen by almost 70 percent since 2008.
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Ecocide and the Soul of a Nation
The disconnect between environmental destruction and today's humanity goes deeper, says Phil Rockstroh.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Unions Are Pressing the Obama Administration to Take a Stand Against the Slave Labor Conditions in Bangladesh, and More
In today's On the News segment: Unions are pressing the Obama administration to take a stand against the slave labor conditions in Bangladesh; Sen. Bernie Sanders said he's not …
The June Fight Over Student Loans
Student loan rates for more than 7.4 million students with federal Stafford loans are scheduled to double July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent if nothing is done.
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The New Farm Bill Shows What’s Wrong With US Food
The new farm bill will cut some $20 billion in food stamps over the next decade.
Noam Chomsky on Democracy and Education in the 21st Century and Beyond
In a wide-ranging consideration of 21st century education, Noam Chomsky argues that much of what passes for education reform is 'a way of turning the population into a bunch …
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A Sequel to “Senselessness”: Fiction and Genocide in Guatemala
Horacio Castellanos Moya's extraordinary novel, ‘Senselessness’, could almost be said to be predictive of the overturning of former Guatemalan dictator's Efrain Rios Montt's conviction for genocide and crimes against …
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Waking from a Long Slumber: Era of a New Democracy; Part III
In 2011 around the world, the silence was broken. From Tunisia to Cairo, from Rome to Madrid, those who had been voiceless began to speak. In the beginning of …