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What It Means to Starve for Freedom in Guantanamo
George Pauk takes a closer look at the Gitmo hunger strikers and hypothesizes about how starvation relates to freedom.
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Curse of American Nutritionism: Industry Ignores Realities of Healthful Eating
Nutritionism is keeping the American working class confused, self-hating, tranquilized and demoralized.
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Open Letter to Trayvon’s Father: Sue Zimmerman
Greg Palast: There's only one way to put George Zimmerman out of business.
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The American Dream was Never to be Rich
Time and time again, there have been efforts made to control royalty and nobility in America.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Are Thrilled That Detroit Has Filed for Bankruptcy, and More
In today's On the News segment: For the GOP - the fall of Detroit is a talking point goldmine; The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant admitted …
License Plate Scanners, Black Boxes Track Location of Millions of Motorists
Documents obtained by the ACLU reveal location records are being stored by law enforcement agencies across the nation without oversight.
Chicago Fires More than 2,000 School Staff as Crippling Cuts Deepen
Austerity deepens in Chicago this year with the firing of more than 3,000 total school staff after closing 50 schools.
Israel and the Palestinian Government Agree to Return to Negotiations
A unique combination of pressures pushed the two leaderships to agree to a resumption of negotiations, but the prospects of the talks remains grim.
Mismeasuring Our Economy: Why the GDP is Not Useful
The GDP is the most commonly cited economic metric but it doesn't tell us what we need to know.
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The B-Team Tries to Save Capitalism. Is it worth saving?
A group of hyper-capitalists, including Sir Richard Branson and Arian Huffington recently launched the “B-Team.” As Huffington describes it, the global business leaders come together to form the B-Team …