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As broadcasters take in record amount of political advertising money and give little indication of where it came from while lobbying against rules that would require increased transparency of …

The House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in a surprise vote late Thursday despite a veto threat from the White House and opposition from civil …

A tea bag burning. (Photo: coconinoco / Flickr)In mythology, the phoenix is a beautiful bird that bursts into flames at the end of its life as it dies. From …

We’ve talked at times about George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, and the amnesia that sets in when we flush events down the memory hole, leaving us at the mercy …

What a long chain of failures Occupy has been over the past seven months. Think about it: It didn’t shut down Wall Street on September 17th; it couldn’t set …

In today's On the News segment: Super PAC sugar daddies, Congress debates student loans, the federal campaign against marijuana dispensaries, and more. Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need …

It wasn't that long ago that the people of Holt County, Neb. thought they had made a real impact on national policy. Their opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline led …

Long before the red ribbon became an innocuous symbol of AIDS “awareness” and celebrity philanthropy, there was the pink triangle and there was ACT UP and there were thousands …

Neoliberal Dragons, Eurasian Wet Dreams, and Robocop Fantasies Goldman Sachs — via economist Jim O’Neill — invented the concept of a rising new bloc on the planet: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, …

“The first thing is to connect the dots, to see how one frustrating or outrageous thing is connected to all the other frustrating and outrageous things. If we’re going …