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Economic Update: Capitalism’s Social Costs
Updates on Obamacare's
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republican Sequester Wreaks Havoc on Our Economy, and More
Yesterday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced a huge revision to previous estimates of economic growth.
Economic Update: Economic Realities
Updates on G8 and Bernanke
America Feeds the Rich
New legislation slashed the budget for food stamps to pad the pockets of big agribusiness.
A Million People Across Brazil Say “It’s Not About 20 Cents”
More than a million people demonstrate in a hundred cities across Brazil, and raise new demands.
Economic Update: Capitalism and Democracy
Updates on pay gaps, Alabama bankruptcy, Minnesota lockout, Greek lockout. Discussions of capitalism and democracy,
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes Cannot Be Patented, and More
The case, Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, challenged the biotechnology company's existing patents on two genes associated with high risks of breast cancer, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Costs
Updates on Disney's price hikes, Portugal's unions' general strike, Chinese buy US biggest pork processor, low-wage retail workers fighting in Seattle, General Petraeus goes corporate, and income/wealth inequality in …
On the News with Thom Hartmann: IMF Admits It Made Serious Mistakes in Handling of Greek Debt Crisis; and More
In today's On the News segments: Verizon, is handing over the personal information of millions of their customers to the NSA; yesterday, the International Monetary Fund admitted that it …
“Occupy Love” Documentary Asks “Can Crisis Be Turned into a Love Story”
Velcrow Ripper and Paul Jay discuss Ripper's new film and movements, power and the synthesis of spirituality and politics.