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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Institutional Racism Is Still a Problem in the US, and More
The racial makeup of neighborhoods in Baltimore is “the most significant predictor of whether a [mortgage] loan gets made.”
Economic Update: Big vs. Small Business
This episode provides updates on Japan's Recession, and more.
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The “Sharing Economy” Is the Problem
The cooperative economy is the solution.
After Decades in a Food Desert, These Neighbors Are Building a $2 Million Co-op – and They Own It
For nearly 20 years, the residents of this mostly African American Greensboro community had nowhere to shop for food.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Final Version of the TPP Threatens an Open Internet, and More
The final version of the TPP deal has the potential to limit the ways we can access information and express ourselves online.
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Will the ScotPound Serve as a Successful Example of Parallel Currency?
The new Scottish currency is aimed to empower Scottish society.
Economic Update: Economic Power Struggles
This episode provides updates on Greek and Portuguese austerity struggles, and more.
Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality and the Fight for $15
The fight over income inequality gained national attention when fast-food workers walked off the job Tuesday.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Released – a Look at What’s Inside
The agreement has enormous implications for global labor, food and product safety, access to affordable medications, the environment and much more.
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Taking Down Trickle-Down
Trickle down economics is giving to those at the top and has been actively killing American democracy.