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Truthout Radio: Ellen Brown on the “Fiscal Cliff”
Truthout Radio host, Ted Asregadoo, speaks to Ellen Brown about the
Beyond Super-Elites and Conspicuous Consumption: Real Ecological Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Although there is dispute about the precise dimensions of the problem, prudence alone suggests the importance of confronting basic ecological limits.
Grappling With Phantoms: The Financial Cliff, the War on Christmas, and Other Dim Tidings of Political Disconnect
As we draw near to the Winter Solstice and the days shorten, one's thoughts are drawn inward.
Economic Update: Conditions of the Working Class
Updates on Newtown, CT. school shooting, global warming and the CIA, Hostess abuses workers' pensions, and growing gap between CEOs' and workers' pay.
Thom Hartmann on the News: Michigan May Have Passed an Even More Undemocratic Law Than Right-to-Work
In this week's On the News Segment: For the second time in a week, a mass shooting has rocked the nation; right-to-work may not be the most undemocratic law …
Dean Baker: The Biggest Myth in Obama-GOP Spending Showdown Is the “Fiscal Cliff” Itself
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. As negotiations continue between the White House and House Speaker John Boehner, leading economist Dean …
Michigan Anti-Union Law Drafted by ALEC
Mary Bottari: At the last minute, Michigan governor uses right-wing group's draft of legislation that gives workers the “right” to work without collective bargaining.
The 25-Hour Work Week
As we have seen, hours worked per week and per year have increased very substantially for large numbers of Americans in recent years.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Conservatives and Corporatists Hope to Spread Right-to-Work-for-Less Laws, and More
In today's On the News segment: Conservatives and corporatists hope to get more states to pass Right-to-Work-for-less laws, Victims of Hurricane Sandy are the latest hostages of the Republican …
Thousands Protest Michigan’s Anti-Union Law, But Deep Pockets of Right-Wing Backers Prevail
Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law two highly controversial anti-union bills, officially making the historic union stronghold the 24th so-called