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Beyond Deficit Scare-Mongering
Ellen Frank: Conservatives' real aim in their fiscal brinkmanship is to gut Social Security and Medicare.
Two Years On, Fukushima Raises Many Questions, Provides One Clear Answer
A report from a conference of nuclear scientists takes a look at what's missing from investigations into Fukushima.
Is the Supreme Court Going to Settle for “States’ Rights” on Same-Sex Marriage?
Today's version of antimiscegenation laws are those that prohibit same-sex marriage.
US-Made Tear Gas Supports State Violence in Egypt
Sarah Lazare bears witness to the use of US-made tear gas in the state repression of dissent in Cairo.
Jason Leopold’s GITMO Updates
Jason Leopold Reports from the infamous prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans in North Carolina Say State Can Ignore the US Constitution, and More
Republicans in North Carolina say their state can ignore the U.S. Constitution.
New Era of Nuclear-Armed North Korea Forces US to Reconsider War Games at Regime’s Door
As North Korea threatens to launch a nuclear attack on the United States, the Obama administration is quietly expressing concern its own recent actions may have been too provocative.
Whose Housing Recovery?
News of the housing recovery often implies that the real-estate market is becoming healthy, however investors seem to be the one benefiting from this rebound more than the average …
Subsidized Corn Destroying Global Bio-Diversity
James Boyce: Industrial agriculture threatening existence of small farmers growing corn in Mexico and Guatemala; potatoes in Peru and the Andes; rice in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia - farmers …
Economist Richard Wolff Answers Questions
Bill Moyers invites Economist Richard Wolff back to their studios for a live chat with viewers.