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Economy & Labor
This Labor Day, What’s the State of the Unions?
Michael Winship interviews In These Times reporter Mike Elk about trends in organized labor and the decline of labor reporting.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Federal Regulations Could Make it Easier for Veterans and Disabled Workers to Find a Job, and More
In today's On the News segment: Fifty years after Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told the world about his dream, our nation's first African-American president spoke from the …
As Fukushima Raises Severity Level, Nuclear Expert Warns Radioactive Leaks Will Only “Get Worse”
Japan's nuclear regulator said today it has officially raised the severity rating of the latest radioactive water leak at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to Level 3 on an …
Economic Update: Economics and Health
Update on intern's death in London, austerity and suicide, over-prescribing anti-depressants, cutting health benefits, and laying off mortgage workers at Wells Fargo.
Mubarak Eyes Release as Egyptian Military Continues to Kill Protestors
Little has changed since 2011 revolution as police and military continue to massacre nonviolent opposition.
Editor of The Progressive Arrested Covering Solidarity Singers’ Protest of Wisconsin Gov. Walker
More than 200 people have been arrested at
NSA Violated Surveillance Rules Thousands of Times, Intercepted All 202 Area Code Calls by Accident
Amy interviews Alex Abdo of the American Civil Liberties Union on the recent allegations from the Washington Post that the NSA did in fact violate privacy laws.
Military in Crisis: Sexual Assault, Soldier Suicides and Excess Spending Rampant
Larry Wilkerson: Decline of US armed forces inevitable if systemic problems remain unaddressed.
Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter
Veteran activist and organizer Marshall Ganz joins Bill to discuss the power of social movements to effect meaningful change.
The National Labor Relations Board Has Five Senate Confirmed Members
Today, for the first time since August 21, 2003, the National Labor Relations Board has a full complement of five Senate confirmed members.