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New SEC Head Once Acted for Wall St Wonder Boy Dimon
Class action attorney Dimitri Lascaris: New director of SEC was a Wall St. defense attorney who will now regulate former clients.
Introducing “Harvesting Justice”
Harvesting Justice was created to inspire hope that we are not condemned to live within the industrial food system as-is and to offer tools for organizing and education.
“A Historic Moment”: California Couple on Decades-Long Legal Struggle for Marriage Equality
Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis have been deeply involved in the struggle to legalize same-sex marriage.
The Fire Last Time
100 years after the Triangle fire, we still hear the same rhetoric whenever reformers seek to use government to businesses act more responsibly.
Energy Nominee Ernest Moniz Criticized for Backing Fracking and Nuclear Power; Ties to BP, GE, Saudis
President Obama's pick to become the nation's next secretary of energy is drawing criticism for his deep ties to the fossil fuel, fracking and nuclear industries.
Cyprus Crisis Reveals Shadowy World of Tax and Money Laundering Haven
James Henry: Bailout deal includes capital controls and punishing big Russian depositors to pay off European banks.
Netanyahu Apologizes as Isolated Israel Needs Turkey Deal
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Israel needed Obama to broker Turkey deal as Netanyahu's policies and unstable region put Israel in a precarious position.
Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem – Private Debt Is
Why do they call for governments to balance the budget by pushing the economy at large deeper into debt, while trying to save the banks from taking a loss?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: the Gap Between Rich and Poor is Jaw-Dropping
Thom Hartmann comments on the news for Monday, March 25, 2013.
Truthout TV With Mike Lofgren: America’s Three-Tiered Justice System
Equal justice under law? Not according to Mike Lofgren.