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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Last Month Was the Hottest June on Record, and More
Last month was the hottest June on record, and more.
Call for Action on Climate Change AND Disarmament/Nuclear Abolition
Humanity is at a crossroads, faced with dual threats of climate change and nuclear weapons.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Bombed in Their Homes and in the Streets, Where Can Gazans Flee?
Israel has entered the 17th day of its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian death toll has reached at least 732.
Obamacare Subsidies on the Line
Dean Baker and Jeremy Holden discuss two federal courts decisions which could disqualify lower and middle income earners for subsidies and the forces working to dismantle Obamacare.
Police Brutality and the Failure of Liberal Democrats
Glen Ford says that the recent death of Eric Garner by the NYPD demonstrates that liberal democrats like NYC mayor Bill de Blasio will not end institutional racism.
The Marshall Islands: Sounding a Wake-Up Call
The big, powerful countries have been driving drunk for too long.
Dahr Jamail | The Brink of Mass Extinction
March through June 2014 were the hottest on record globally. While a single extreme weather event is not proof of anthropogenic climate disruption, the increasing intensity and frequency of …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Majority of Americans Favor of Action on Climate Change, and More
Congress may be divided on the issue of climate change, but the vast majority of Americans agree that we must do more to protect our planet, and more.
Israel’s Groundhog Day: Reverse Snowballs and the Horror of Lawn-Mowing
Ironically, the very mechanisms of economic sanction engineered by Israeli and pro-Israel lobbies against Iran and Syria are likely increasingly to be applied to Israel itself.
California Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning It May Be Contaminating Aquifers
The state's drought has forced farmers to rely on groundwater, even as California aquifers have been intentionally polluted due to exemptions for oil industry.