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Detroit Raw: Detroit Freedom Riders
Walking up Woodward to the coffee shop on Mack, mind snacks competed with Detroit's weather version of March Madness as the wind juked me with a snow assist. Yep, …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Weekend Anti-Nuclear Protest in Vermont Draws 500, and More
In today's On the News segment: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce new legislation to break up too-big-to-fail banks, and more.
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Jim Hightower: Obama’s Unethical End Run
In 2013, the mist of corporate money has fogged over Team Obama's commitment to ethical niceties like transparency in campaign funding.
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In Gun Debate, No Rift on Better Care for Mentally Ill
Senate Democratic aides said that there is likely to be at least one mental health bill offered as an amendment to the larger gun package.
Austerity Lovers in D.C., Austerity Haters At Home
Then they complain about the cuts, but still demand cuts somewhere else and add new demands that someone ELSE decide what should be cut.
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This Is What Happens When Congress Is for Sale
Thom Hartmann: Now is the time to say, “Enough is enough,” and end the terrifying reign of money in politics.
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Newtown’s Hidden Crime-Scene Photos
As a father and grandfather, I appreciate the feelings of those Newtown, Connecticut, parents who don't want the gruesome crime-scene photos of last December's massacre released. But it is …
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All Politics Is Local
Do what you can within reach of your arm for it is part of a tapestry that reaches far and wide.
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How Can Congress Ignore 92 percent Support for Gun Control?
Gun control presents the greatest test in recent memory of whether we still have a representative democracy in the United States. Despite national polls showing 92 per cent support …
Robert Reich on Lessons Learned From Watergate
Interview with economist and former secretary of labor, Robert Reich, on the influence of money over politics from Watergate to today.