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Economy & Labor
Fueling the Food Crisis
Tim A. Wise: Bio-fuels are driving up the price of food everywhere and costing developing countries billions.
Enterprising Cities: Left, Right and Center
The basic principle at work in municipally owned real estate development is that appreciation of land should be turned to public advantage. In many communities, Community Land Trusts (CLTs) …
Suspicious Documents or Suspicious Suspects?
Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez discusses how the situation in Arizona for the Mexican population is not just an issue collateral damage, but Indian removal.
Killing the Kids That Don’t Need to Die
Someone should put to Obama and Romney the same question: u201cWhy are we killing the kids that donu2019t need to die?u201d
On the News With Thom Hartmann: United Nations Calls for a New Social Safety Net for World’s Poor, and More
The International Monetary Fund cut its growth forecasts for the world economy, United Nations is calling for a new social safety net for the world's poor, tens of thousands …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Than 250 Walmart Workers and Sympathizers From Southern California Walked Out on the Job Thursday, and More
In today's On the News segment: More than 250 Walmart workers and sympathizers from Southern California walked out on the job Thursday - and held a rally to draw …
Economic Update: The Presidential Debate Evaded Economic Realities
Updates include the decline of graduate school enrollment and how the wealthy evade taxes. This is followed by an Expose of Romney's
The Debate: A Masterful Liar Defeats a Man Without Conviction
Leo Panitch: Romney's defense of small banks, small businesses and the middle class is disingenuous, but Obama share's too many of the same assumptions to counterattack.
The Case Against Markets
The Case Against Markets
Blocking Bain Trucks To Save Jobs In Freeport
Working in Freeport, Illinois protest the closing of a Sensata factory by the Bain Corporation and asking Mitt Romney to fulfill his promises to keep jobs in the US.