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On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Than 1.3 Million People Have Lost Their Unemployment Benefits, and More
One point three million people have lost their unemployment benefits, and more.
Year-End Legislation Could Close National Security Loophole, Protect Government Whistleblowers
A Senate bill could restore due process rights of appeal for punished federal employees whose jobs are deemed “sensitive.”
The Affordable Care Act is Not Socialism
How did it happen that we are allowing the conservatives to label The Affordable Care Act socialized medicine and/or socialism?
Ralph Nader on Florida in 2000 and What to Do Next
Ralph Nader and Paul Jay discuss Ralph's decision to stay in the Florida race and what an electoral strategy could be now.
Are Nader-Like Reforms Still Possible?
Ralph Nader says the reforms of the 1960s and 70s are no longer possible as Congress is bought and sold by a small number of very rich people and …
As Judge Rules NSA Surveillance “Almost Orwellian,” Obama Prepares to Leave Spying Program Intact
On Monday, a federal judge ruled the NSAu2019s bulk collection of Americansu2019 phone records, quote, “almost certainly” violates the Fourth Amendmentu2019s prohibition against unreasonable searches.
Ralph Nader: McCarthyism Made Us Veer Away From a Systemic Doctrine for Change
On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Ralph Nader says McCarthy's reign of terror made people seek more empirical change, we went after auto companies - no “ism” there.
Why Libertarianism Is Immoral
While holding onto their GOP electorate, they claim to fight for the libertarian agenda, arguing for smaller government, removing the government from everyone's personal lives, etc.
You Don’t Even Know You’re a Slave
Most of us are enslaved in our neo-feudal system, but most don't even know it.
What Iranians Think
What do Iranians want from their newly elected government and how will this deal play at home?