Environment

TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…

US media coverage of the nuclear disaster in Japan contains vanishingly little serious discussion of the human health risks posed by the radiation escaping from the Fukushima nuclear facility. …

Protesters demonstrate against provisions of Governor Walker's Budget Repair Bill, February, 2011, Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo: Richard Hurd) Prospects for the left in the United States are far …

Students in class at Simmons College. (Photo: stevegarfield) Previous guest blogger Anastasia Wilson has written a post on her own blog comparing the student loan racket (for-profit …

Hugo Chavez speaking on January 22, 2009. (Photo: Bernardo Londoy) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez capped a four-day public relations blitz Monday with a triumphant return home after …

In an arena where female characters don't often get a spotlight unless they're naked, women comics artists have a tough time getting the acclaim they deserve. For example, the …

Today is the anniversary of the day that the nation’s founders, gathered in Philadelphia a few miles from my house (which as it happens had already been standing for …

(Photo: Micah Taylor) There is a telephone pole outside my house - seven steps down the front porch, one step across the sidewalk, and there it is …

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former leader of the International Monetary Fund, center, exits the State Supreme Court in New York on July 1, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest …

Progressive Radio Talk Show Host Thom Hartmann talks to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on issues of the week on Capitol Hill including a letter/petition from Senator Sanders to President …