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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reid Threatening “Nuclear Option” to Banish Filibuster, and More
In today's On the News segment: recently released hospital billing data shows huge disparities in how uninsured patients were charged for care, and more.
Chicago Teachers and Parents Launch Three Day March Against 54 School Closings
Increased gun violence expected in Chicago as school closings will force students to cross gang lines in America's deadliest city.
FEMA Denies Aid to Housing Co-ops After Sandy
Maybe it's time we overhaul our notion of ownership and “home” just as we're updating our notion of “family.”
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Committee Agrees to Cut Over $4 Billion of Food Aid from the Farm Bill, and More
The European Union is going after Big Oil; and more.
New Shell Oil Laboratory at Oxford Meets Organized Resistance
A coalition of environmental protesters last week targeted Shell u2013 a corporation engaged in the worldu2019s u201cmost destructive projectu201d u2013 for co-opting one of the worldu2019s most prestigious universities.
Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human History
Scientists are warning the planet has now reached a grim climate milestone not seen for two or three million years.
Above All Else: A David and Goliath Story
Truthout interviews a filmmaker whose forthcoming documentary chronicles one landowner's fight against the Keystone XL.
Obama Says Economy Poised for Progress – Is It?
Paul  Jay, Senior Editor, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Baltimore. On Thursday, President Obama was in Austin, Texas, saying that the economy is …
Robert Fisk on Syria’s Civil War, Chemical Weapons “Theater” and Obama’s Backing of Israeli Strikes
As the United States moves toward increased intervention in Syria, we're joined by Robert Fisk, the longtime Middle East correspondent of the British newspaper The Independent.
Michael Pollan: From GMOs to NYC’s Soda Ban, Local Efforts Challenge Agri-Giants’ National Control
From Californiau2019s Proposition 37 initiative to New York Cityu2019s soda ban, journalist and best-selling author Michael Pollan argues that local efforts hold the key to challenging the agricultural industryu2019s …