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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges Rigging of Libor Upped Homeowners’ Mortgage Repayments, and More
In today's On the News segment: Japanese company's looming purchase of 70 percent of Sprint will be largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company, and more.
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$950,000 Win for NYC Workers Invigorates Supply-Chain-Justice Movement
Even as unions decline, low-wage laborers are getting creative and winning major victories for working people.
Romney Appeals to White Tribalism in Ohio
By historical standards Romney should be a candidate who has lost even before the race begins. But he is effectively utilizing the politics of white resentment because of Obamau2019s …
Koch Brothers Among US Billionaires Pressuring Thousands of Employees to Vote GOP on Election Day
In an article published by In These Times magazine, labor journalist Mike Elk examines the contents of a voter information packet that Koch Industries sent to tens of thousands …
Moment of Clarity Exclusive Interview with Kevin Zeese & Dr. Margaret Flowers
I was thrilled to get to talk with two of the organizers of the October 2011 Freedom Plaza occupation. They also helped organize Occupy The Debates and have stood …
Texas Landowners Join Environmentalists for Historic Blockade of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
. In a protest now entering its fourth week, dozens of environmental activists working with local Texas landowners have blocked the pipelineu2019s path with tree sits and other nonviolent …
Fresh Recruits, More Arrests Begin Week Four in Texas Tar Sands Blockade
Fifty fresh activists, six new arrests as historic Texas Tar Sands Blockade enters its fourth week.
Low Wages and High Unemployment Are Paralyzing the Global Economy
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Education Profiteering: Wall Street’s Next Big Thing?
Wall Street's involvement in the charter school movement is presented as an act of philanthropy, but it's really about greed.
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Of Republicans and Race Cards: Why I Used to Believe That Voter ID Laws Really Were Just Common Sense
Democrats are frustrated: Why canu2019t Republican voters see that Republicans pass voter ID laws to suppress voting, not fraud?