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Democracy: Is a Continent Too Big?
Is it really feasible - in systemic and foundational terms - to sustain equality, liberty, and democracy in a very large-scale, centrally governed continental system that spans almost three …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Sandra Fluke Paints a Picture of What America Would Look Like if GOP Wins, and More
In today's On the News segment: The night featured Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke painting a picture of what America would look like for women if Republicans win in …
Beat Knowledge: Radical Rapper Gives a Voice to the #Occupy Movement
Radical rapper and #Occupy Wall Street protester Marcel Cartier emerges in a long line of political rappers using Hip Hop to expose the injustices of society.
Elizabeth Warren Explains: “No, Governor Romney, Corporations Are Not People”
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senate candidate in Massachusetts, drew roaring cheers, applause, and even tears tonght at the Democratic Convention when she laid out the differences between corporations and …
How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted
Bill talks with Mike Lofgren, a long-time Republican who describes the modern dysfunction of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
Rachel Maddow: Unpopular With Minorities, Romney Targets White Vote
Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated
Why do Ohio Republicans suddenly feel so strongly about limiting early voting hours in Democratic counties?
Democracy, From the Ground Up
Is it possible to have national Democracy with a Big D if you do not have real local democracy with a small d, at the level where people live, …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Boston Airport Security Staff Instructed to Racially Profile Passengers, and More
Updates on the most extreme veep nominee in a century, Goldman Sachs' free ride, yet another apparent hate crime against Muslims, and more.
Drifting Away From Our Ideals
The old assumption that the United States would move inevitably in the direction of ever greater equality now appears strange, even unreal.