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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Has Officially Released His Fifth Annual Budget, and More
In today's On the News segment: President Obama's plan would reduce the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, through a mix of spending cuts and revenues;Â Oregon Democrats are …
The Growing War on the War on Drugs
The problem of the mass incarceration of America didn't start with a single event and it won't end with one.
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The President’s Budget: A Misguided Mission Statement
Robert Borosage: Neither the country nor his presidency will be well served by Obama's budget for the 2014 fiscal year.
Obama Fully Embraces Austerity With Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Bob Pollin: Costs of Social Security and Medicare have nothing to do with rise in fiscal deficit.
Debate: After Activists Covertly Expose Animal Cruelty, Should They Be Targeted With “Ag-Gag” Laws?
So-called ‘ag-gag’ bills that criminalize undercover filming on farms and at slaughterhouses to document criminal animal abuse are sweeping the country.
The Way of the Knife: NYT’s Mark Mazzetti on the CIA’s Post-9/11 Move from Spying to Assassinations
Mark Mazzetti tracks the transformation of the CIA and US special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world's dark spaces: the new American way of war.
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Labor Report: Four Major TV News Networks Ignore Unions
During the years of 2008, 2009 and 2011, less than 0.3 percent of news stories aired on four major news broadcasting networks involved labor unions or labor issues, according …
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The Real Crime Wave in New York City
Why isn't there a ‘stop-and-frisk’ program to combat the epidemic of wage theft?
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Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is a Seed
‘The Seed Underground’ is a love letter to the quiet revolutionaries who are saving our food heritage.
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Monsanto’s Next Target: Democracy
The battle for food sovereignty is a battle we cannot afford to lose.