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Economy & Labor
Journalist Chris Hedges on Capitalism’s “Sacrifice Zones”: Communities Destroyed for Profit
There are forgotten corners of this country where Americans are trapped in endless cycles of poverty, powerlessness, and despair as a direct result of capitalistic greed. Journalist Chris Hedges …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: LIBOR-Rigging Traders May Face Arrest Soon, and More
Bankers may actually be held accountable in latest trading debacle, and other news updates for Monday, July 23, 2012.
Economic Update: “False Choices and Bad Decisions”
Updates on Chinese economy's response to global crisis, $6.6 billion legal deal among banks, credit card companies and retailers, and food stamp cuts threatened.
Mass Protests Against Mexican Election Results
Student movement takes to the streets to reject what they call election fraud.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Half-Million Eligible Voters Will Find It Virtually Impossible to Get the Necessary ID to Be Able to Vote in November, and More
A new study by the Brennan Center for Justice reveals just how damaging Republican-backed Voter Suppression ID laws will be to hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Total System Change: A Real-Life Look at Regional Governance and Public Ownership
Institutional change, from co-ops to land trusts, and including municipal enterprise and state investing, challenge dominant corporate ideologies and help clear a path for new approaches to meaningful, larger-scale …
Bill Moyers | Financial Expert Sheila Bair on Keeping Banks Honest
Sheila Bair: I worry that the public is getting cynical about if the regulators in Washington can fix any of this.
Interest Rate-Fixing Scandal Swindles Baltimore, Other Municipalities out of Millions of Dollars
Amidst the financial crisis of 2008 and resultant recession, cities and states around the country lost millions of dollars on investments tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor).
The Hunger Games Economy
Jeff Faux: Dreams of Wall St. and Military Industrial Complex are not compatible with dreams of American middle class.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Japanese Protesters Take to the Streets Against Nuclear Reactors, and More
On Monday, Republicans in the Senate joined together to filibuster and kill the latest attempt by Democrats to inject transparency in our elections, On Monday, the Georgia State Board …