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Is America Ready to Legalize Marijuana?
Advocates in Congress say a shift from criminal enforcement to taxation could add $100 billion to the federal budget.
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Hillary Clinton’s Legacy as Secretary of State
Clinton's legacy has been one of continuing the policies of her predecessors in the Bush administration of opposing international law and human rights.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Largest Nurses’ Union in the US Has Joined the Fight Against Keystone XL, and More
In today's On the News segment: The nation's largest nurses' union - National Nurses United - has joined the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline; the Progressive Caucus announced it …
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The Mali Blowback: More to Come?
Western intervention was largely responsible for the Malian crisis in the first place.
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Postal Service to End Delivery of Letters on Saturdays
However, the American Postal Workers Union said the plan to end six-day delivery will add to the agency's financial problems.
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Daniel Ellsberg: NDAA Indefinite Detention Provision Is Part of “Systematic Assault on Constitution”
A lawsuit challenging a law that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain US citizens is back in federal court this week.
Kill List Exposed: Leaked Obama Memo Shows Assassination of US Citizens “Has No Geographic Limit”
The Obama administration's internal legal justification for assassinating US citizens without charge has been revealed for the first time.
Two Years on, Egyptian Revolution Caught in Violent Past
Egypt still reeling from January 25th anniversary violence, as police brutality moves some revolutionaries to abandon peaceful protests.
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Ten Years After Powell’s UN Speech, Old Hands Are Ready for More Blood
After jumping onto ghastly bandwagons for one war after another, the nationu2019s media establishment is available to do it again.
Financialization and Unemployment
Whether the power of finance can be brought under more control becomes one of the significant issues, together with other structural and political causes of unemployment under capitalism, when …