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A Ladydrawers History of Women’s Rights, Part IV: Feminine Hygiene and Intellectual Property
An illustrated history of how men came to own the majority of patents on products used by women.
Economic Update: Economic Reality Checks
On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.
Richard Wolff on Putting Workers in Charge at Work
Richard Wolff is a professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of Democracy at Work.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Inmates in Austerity-Wracked Cyprus Donate $11K to Volunteer Health Clinic, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Supreme Court justice says problems with modern-day debtors' prisons can and should be addressed, and more.
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Thatcher’s Mean Legacy: The Queen Mother of Global Austerity and Financialization
Since dismantling Britain's public sector was her stated goal, she probably wouldn't object to an epitaph about it.
Oliver Stone’s Journey from Cold Warrior to America’s Untold History
Oliver Stone: I volunteered to fight in Vietnam and voted for Reagan. I started seeing through the lies and realized I had to start by understanding why we dropped …
At National Conference for Media Reform, Activists Hope to Stop Murdoch, Koch-Backed Consolidation
Democracy NOW broadcasts from the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, where some 2,000 people gathered last week to look at how media, technology and democracy intersect.
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The Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal
Calm down, white people. You're going all Michael Vick again. You'd think these cheating teachers were there with Vick when he created the sport of dog fighting. What's that …
Experts Challenge Findings in Florida’s Statewide Task Force Report on Prescription Drugs Abuse and Newborns
Today, four leading experts in law, medicine, and addiction treatment, Robert G. Newman, MD, MPH, Lynn M. Paltrow, JD, Sharon Stancliff, MD, FAAFP and Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, FACOG, …
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Open Letter on Guantanamo Hunger Strike Released
We are writing to express the deep concerns of Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR) regarding the hunger strike of the detainees at the detention center at Guantánamo Bay. While …