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A Domestic Surveillance Scandal at the DEA? Agents Urged to Cover Up Use of NSA Intel in Drug Probes
The US Department of Justice has begun reviewing a controversial unit inside the Drug Enforcement Administration that uses secret domestic surveillance tactics - including intelligence gathered by the National …
Obama Negotiates Cuts to Medicare as the Program Reaches Its 48th Anniversary
Last week marked the 48th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare.
Noam Chomsky: “Bradley Manning Should Be Regarded as a Hero”
Laura Flanders interviews Noam Chomsky about Manning, the TransPacific Partnership and the wisdom of the indigenous.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden Granted a One-Year Asylum in Russia, and More
In today's On the News segment: NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted a one-year asylum in Russia; as climate change increases temperatures around our planet, many species of plants …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Has Ruled on a New Aspect of Corporate Personhood, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on a new aspect of corporate personhood u2013 a corporation's right to the free exercise …
New Mideast Talks Hang on Old Question: Will US Drop Support for Israeli Annexation of West Bank?
Israel and the Palestinian Authority have resumed peace talks for the first time in three years, but the two sides appear as far apart as ever on the key …
Global Youth Unemployment Remains at Crisis Levels
James Heintz: 75 million youth in the global labor market are unemployed and few governments are taking common sense steps to address the problem.
Truthout TV Interviews Ellen Cantarow About the Dangers of Fracking
Ted Asregadoo speaks to journalist, Ellen Cantarow, about an interview posted on Truthout featuring Louis W. Allstadt - a former executive with Mobil Oil - on the environmental dangers …
Returning Fire: Interventions in Video Game Culture
At the mall, online, and even within the US military. Interactive, realistic, pro-war video games have become part of American culture. But anti-war protesters have found a way inside …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Department of Justice Attempts to Use the Courts to Uphold Voting Rights
Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. When the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act last month, Attorney General …