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Economy & Labor
Wall Street Bonuses Double Full-Time Minimum Wage Worker Earnings
Wall Street bonuses totaled $28.5 billion in 2014 u2014double the annual earnings of more than 1 million American full-time minimum wage workers.
Raising Interest Rates Could Have an Adverse Effect on Federal and State Budgets
Last week, the BLS announced that unemployment had fallen to 5.5 percent.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Latest Challenge to the Affordable Care Act, and More
It's anyone's guess as to whether the Affordable Care Act will survive its latest challenge.
Economic Update: Economic Decline and Growing Resistance
This episode provides updates on taxis vs. Uber vs. driver co-ops, an apology on Detroit, and more.
What We Lose With a Privatized Postal Service
Let's invest in our Postal Service - a public system that has served our nation since its birth.
Loving America, Flaws and All
All the shouting about American exceptionalism is ironic.
Right to Work
Dishonest White House Response to Warren’s Attack on Secret Panels in Trade Deals
Elizabeth Warren is clearly getting on the administration's nerves.
Greece Gets Some Breathing Room, but a Fight Looms
Now that the dust has settled a bit, we can look calmly at the Greece deal.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Students Are Taking On College Debt, and More
In today's On the News segment: If corporations paid back their full debt to society, they'd be paying each of our households about $10,000 a year;Â it appears another discriminatory …