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Peter Linebaugh: Who Owns the Commons? An 800 Year Fight for Public Goods
In these videos, a discussion on the rights of the commons with author Peter Linebaugh and youth voices about life and revolution in Venezuela.
Justice or Vengeance?: ACLU Raises Concerns as Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Begins
Jury selection began Monday in the case of “The United States v. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,” one of the most high-profile federal trials in decades.
What’s the Bag Deal?
This first episode of “The Green Ninja,” reviews the question, what's the best bag? Paper or plastic?
Dahr Jamail | As Climate Disruption Advances, 26 Percent of Mammals Face Extinction
Climate disruption is progressing rapidly on every front, and even some climate deniers are recognizing the danger.
“David Duke Without the Baggage”: Will Top GOPer Steve Scalise Resign Over Speech to Racist Group?
As Congress begins a new session today, one of its top Republicans has acknowledged he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pope Francis to Urge Catholics to Address Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment: Pope Francis, we have a “grave ethical and moral responsibility” to reverse global climate change, and more.
Sea Level Rise, Eniwetok and Bert Bigelow
Today, more than a hundred of pounds of plutonium are buried at Eniwetok.
The Children’s Climate Crusade
It may just turn out that our children and their children will save us from ourselves.
Closing Words from COP20: Time to Take Power from the Polluters
If COP20 is supposed laying the road to Paris, then here in Lima dirty energy industry has taken control of the steering wheel and is driving us off a …
The Afghan War Is Not Over: US Ends 13-Year Combat Mission, but More Than 10,000 Troops Continue the Fight
The US-led NATO occupation has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan.