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Economic Update: How Capitalism Works
This episode provides updates on the real costs of apps, and more.
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Inspections at Immigration Detention Centers Conceal Human Rights Abuses
Inspections overlook serious deficiencies, from sexual assaults to lack of medical care.
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Federal Government as Employer: High Road or Bottom Feeder?
It hardly makes sense to try to promote high standards for federal contractors while seeking to reduce the benefits of those already on the federal payroll.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: We Spend 90 Times More on the Military Than on Head Start, and More
The FEC fails to update rules and regulate election spending.
Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows
Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren't formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs.
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“There Is No Art for Art’s Sake”: Remembering Political Muralist Jose Guerrero
The Mexican-American muralist and printmaker died in Chicago this month at age 77.
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Urgent Call to World Leaders to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
The upcoming COP21 climate meeting in Paris is world leaders' last chance to prevent catastrophic climate change.
South Carolina Incident Highlights Growing Police Presence in Classrooms
The incident is the latest in a series of cases of police officers in schools using excessive force against students.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: One in Five Animal Species Are at Risk of Extinction, and More
Truthout can only survive through reader support. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation and help publish journalism that fights corporate power! In today's On the News segment: One …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Why the Media Refuse to Talk About the TPP, and More
The TPP was hugely overlooked in both the Democratic and GOP debates.