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On the News With Thom Hartmann: In First Congressional Race Since Newtown, NRA Support Backfired on a Candidate, and More
In today's On the News segment: Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will put out a new deficit-reduction plan; Illinois State Senator Toi Hutchinson dropped her bid for a congressional …
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The Wrecking Crew Is Winning
The Republican Congress is holding the economy hostage.
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Carnival Cruise
Could the Senate Intelligence Committee Do Oversight of CIA Drone Strikes?
Senate Intelligence Committee draws ire for a lack of awareness about the CIA's drone strikes.
A Ladydrawers History of Women’s Rights: Part II
Ladydrawers continues to explore the history (and future!) of women's rights in the US.
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The Economic Challenge Ahead: More Jobs and Growth, Not Deficit Reduction
Robert Reich explains that while the deficit will always be there, it is job growth that will take this country out of the black.
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Chuck Hagel and the American Empire
Will Chuck Hagel essentially be a cipher as Defense Secretary?
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The Trouble With Roe v. Wade: It Didn’t Go Far Enough
Laura Flanders: Roe was decided on the grounds of privacy, the Congress has never legislated women's equality.
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Automatic Congressional Allegiance
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The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means
The truth is most Americans have not been living beyond their means.