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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mitt Romney Comes Out in Opposition to Hiring More Public Workers, and More
In today's On the News segment: Anti-austerity parties actually nabbed 52% of the vote in Sunday's elections in Greece, Mitt Romney has come out in staunch opposition to hiring …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 1.9 Million American Transportation Workers Are Being Held Hostage by Republicans, and More
Greek situation is still unresolved, 1.9 million American transportation workers are being held hostage by Republicans in the House, the poor are getting poorer, an estimated 50,000 people took …
Thousands Hold Silent March to Mayor Bloomberg’s Home in Protest of NYPD’s “Stop-and-Frisk”
Thousands of people held a silent march in New York City on Sunday to protest the New York City Police Departmentu2019s controversial
Chicago Workers’ Economic Plan: Go Co-Operative!
Laura Flanders: A group of the workers who occupied the Republic Windows and Doors factory in 2008 have founded a worker-run cooperative.
Thomas Frank on Money in Politics
When it comes to the vast, corrupting influence of money in politics, historian Thomas Frank has sounded the alarm loudly and often.
Liberals Working for the Right
It is astounding how happy liberals are to work for the right by playing into conservative framing.
Euro Crisis Used to Destroy Social Contract
Rob Johnson: European adjustments are not the product of a mistake, but a design to break down some of the leftover architecture of the Cold War, which might be …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Republican War on Women Has Reached the Military, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â Meet the billionaire who's trying to buy the 2012 election for Mitt Romney, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim wants the rest of the world …
Bob Pollin: Will Military Budget Cuts Weaken Defense and Lose Jobs?
Bob Pollin: Cuts triggered by the Congressional sequestration process are not as big as Pentagon spin and military spending is an inefficient
Romney Confirms He Will Deny Insurance to Millions With Pre-Existing Conditions if Obamacare Is Struck Down
Romney confirmed on Tuesday that he would allow insurers to deny coverage to millions of Americans.