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Economy & Labor
Economic Update: Civil Disobedience and Occupying Restaurants
Updates on fast food workers, GDP data, Salt Lake City dailies and bathroom breaks. Wolff interviews mental health counselor Harriet Fraad. Replies on FDR vs. Obama and on how …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Failure to Raise Wages Has Cost Americans $6 Billion, and More
In today's On the News segment: If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation since 2009, American workers would have earned another $6 billion over the last five …
The Language of Expulsion
Whether the long-term unemployed in the global North or the long-term displaced in the global South, people are being expelled from economy, society and nation in increasing numbers.
Israel Boycott Gains Traction as Gaza Assault Continues
BDS Movement Founder Omar Barghouti discusses growing solidarity with Palestinians and whether Fatah-Hamas unity deal motivated Israel's aggression.
Economic Update: Private Profit vs. Social Benefit
Updates on my Bill Maher appearance, the Arizona execution, direct actions in Seattle and in New England, Derek Jeter tickets, and the Chinese meat scandal.
Dodd-Frank Still Not Fully Implemented Four Years Later
Gerald Epstein says that a fully-implemented Dodd-Frank act does not require a breaking up of the big banks, which is needed to prevent another financial crisis.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fewer Than 12 Percent of US Workers Belong to Unions, and More
A little more than fifty years ago, over a quarter of workers belonged to some type of union. Today, fewer than 12 percent of all workers belong to a …
Is an Iran Nuclear Deal Within Reach? Dissecting the Latest Talks Over a “Manufactured Crisis”
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran could freeze its nuclear capacity in exchange for sanctions relief, but John Kerry would not say if the US would agree.
How Do We Define American? Jose Vargas, Symbol of Undocumented Immigrant Struggle, Detained in Texas
Vargas recently traveled to the Texas border to document the crisis of thousands of migrant children fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.
Economic Update: Economic Realities
Updates on big bank fines; Tracy Morgan suing Walmart; highway trust and taxes; and extreme wealth inequality in the Hamptons.