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Economy & Labor
Finance Is Building the Architecture of Its Own Rules
Robert Johnson says the scale of the political investment of finance, six, seven hundred million dollars, is overwhelming; with the political power of finance, do we still have a …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Announces an Order to Help Americans Pay Student Loans, and More
President Obama announced an executive order to help five million Americans pay off their student loans, and more.
Growing Up in the Cauldron of 1960’s Detroit
Robert Johnson, who while working with George Soros "broke the Bank of England," talks about growing up in the turmoil of racial tension and the mass movement against the …
EPA Moves to Cut Coal Pollution, but Critics Say Plan Falls Short on Real Emissions Reduction
Many environmentalists are urging the United States to take greater action on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
New Whistleblower Organization Launched on Anniversary of Snowden Revelations
Former whistleblowers Radack, Wiebe, Coleman-Adebayo and Ellsberg speak out at the launch of ExposeFacts.org, a US-based independent media organization that encourages whistleblowers to expose government and corporate malfeasance.
Is the US Headed Toward Another Recession?
Economists Dean Baker from CEPR and Robert Pollin from PERI say that the US economy remains weak 5 years after the recession despite recent job growth, due to low …
Economic Update: Economic Side Effects
Updates on: Walmart's Mexican bribes; car loans turning bad; state taxes; and more.
Ex-Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Committed War Crimes
Richard Clarke, the nation's former top counterterrorism official, says he believes President George W. Bush is guilty of war crimes for launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporations Have Almost Erased Workers’ Rights in the US, and More
According to data from the International Trade Union Confederation, it appears that corporations have almost completely destroyed workers' rights in the US, and more.
Confronting Financialization on Steroids
Costas Lapavitsas says we must deeply reverse financialization and take on private ownership of banking and other critical sectors.