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On the News With Thom Hartmann: A New Report on Student Debt Proves Overall Loss of Wealth for American Students
Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. Republicans may finally push Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to fix the filibuster. After last month's …
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The Minimum Wage Doesn’t Apply to Everyone
Millions of working Americans make less than minimum wage. In fact, more Americans are exempt from it than actually earn it.
A National Debate about Government Spying?
On 8 July 2013 the New York Times (NYT) published an editorial on the issue of National Security Agency (NSA) spying on Americans. The editorial described the issue as …
With Voting Rights Act in Shambles, North Carolina Kicks Voter Suppression Into High Gear
Republicans are trying to overhaul the state's election.
Climate of Change: What Does an Inside-Outside Strategy Mean?
Climate is one of the most important issues of our time, yet it is regarded as more of an inconvenience than an inconvenient truth.
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We’re Taxing the Rich … and So Can You
There is an alternative to austerity; its name is ‘progressive taxes.’
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How Honeybees Led One Eco-Entrepeneur from Documentary Filmmaking to Launching Her Own Colony
My dream is to publish a memoir. A degree in investigative journalism led me on a non-linear path to directing and producing an internationally-acclaimed documentary instead. Vanishing of the …
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Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells
Many corporations work like tumor cells for the relentless destruction of the environment.
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Boehner Brags About Turning America Into Detroit
Speaker John Boehner's classic brand of Reganomics will only result in stripping down to nothing, just like what has happened to Detroit today.
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The “Filibuster” Fight Was Really About Our Core Values – and It’s Not Over
This wasn't a filibuster fight. It was a fight over fundamental principles of democracy and the role of government in society.