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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Received Letters Poisoned With Ricin, and More
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and the non-profit group he founded called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, each received a letter containing the deadly poison ricin.

Hancock’s Reaper Drone; Remote Control There and Here
Ed Kinane: "As Hancock wages its cowardly wars on the people of Afghanistan and on Upstate Drone Action, we will persist in exposing the drone war crime in our …

Economic Update: A Journalist’s Perspective
Updates on changing US retirement ages, Pope Francis's anti-capitalism, inequality inside countries, unionists march in Rome.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senator Leads Fight to Repeal the Monsanto Protection Act, and More
Apple CEO Tim Cook was questioned in a Congressional Hearing about his company's complex scheme to avoid paying taxes; for a third year in a row, the average CEO …

New Era for Labor: Creative Defiance From the Factory to the Street
Wages arel at rock bottom while unemployment remains high. No wonder people are embracing new tactics.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Retailers Are Refusing to Help Stop Slave Labor, and More
US retailers are refusing to help stop slave labor.

Systemic Malfunctioning of the Labor and Financial Markets
Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: Government has to step in and correct the imbalances of low wages and unregulated financial markets or a deeper recession and crisis is inevitable.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Detroit Emergency Manager Poised to Sacrifice City’s Unions to Investors, and More
In today's On the News segment: Today Minnesota's governor will sign marriage equality bill passed into law yesterday, and more.

Obama Nominates Cable Industry Lobbyist and Campaign Bundler New Head of FCC
Nomination of Tom Wheeler shows Obama wants an FCC that manages monopoly competition - not a defender of public interest.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Republican National Committee Wants Even More Money in Politics, and More
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Republican National Committee Wants Even More Money in Politics, and More