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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Brzezinski Warns Wealth Gap May Lead to Uprising in US Streets, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…

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Industry Views Prevail on Radiation Risks, Health Experts Unheard on Health Effects of Fukushima
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. …

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A New Dawn for the US Left
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 …

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Are Subsidized Student Loans Worth the Price?
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 …

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Hugo Chavez Returns to Venezuela Vowing to Beat Cancer
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 Comics World, Women Are Invisible – Except When They’re Naked
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 …

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Our Incredible Shrinking Constitution
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 …

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I Pledge Allegiance to the Pole
(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 …

Strauss-Kahn’s Accuser Doubly Vicitimized, Advocates Say
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 …

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Overwhelming Majority of Americans Want to Tax The Rich (2)
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 …