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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Widening Longevity Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Cause for Concern, and More
The average low-income American will die more than a decade sooner than their high-income equivalent.
Military Exploits School Testing Opt Out Campaign
Thousands of high school seniors may be taking the military's enlistment exam to fulfill a graduation requirement because they opted out of controversial tests when they were juniors.
Activists Charged With Sedition as Indian Students Protest for the Right to Dissent
As teachers and students stood arm in arm in protest Sunday, police stood at the campus gates.
Economic Update: Capitalism Is the Problem
This episode provides updates on the oil market, and more.
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Scalia’s Ghost Can’t Save Oil, Gas and Coal
The Clean Power Plan probably got a reprieve when the arch-conservative jurist died.
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Florida Legislators Quietly Vote to Strip State Funding From Groups Associated With BDS
A bill in the Florida Legislature is an attempt to quash the growing momentum of the BDS movement on US college campuses.
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Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and the Money
Many politicians identify with the interests of the rich and powerful so that they don't even see themselves as compromising a principle.
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Sanders’ Media Critics Should Concede That Fixing the US Is a Foreign Policy
If we want to break the power of the Pentagon-industrial complex in the Middle East, we have to break its power in Washington.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Sanders Could Bring a Modern “New Deal,” and More
Regardless of which presidential candidate you vote for in November, you might want to take a second look at progressive economic policies.
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