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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fast-Food Workers in More Than 150 Cities Go on Strike, and More
In today's On the News segment: Fast-food workers in more than 150 cities go on strike, and more.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: California Is Suffering an Extreme Drought, and More
In today's On the News segment: California is still suffering with an extreme drought, and more.
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Fast Food Strikes Are Back, Bigger Than Ever
The fast-food strikes are back, and bigger than ever.
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Postcards From the County
A music program for incarcerated men at Pittsburgh Institution in Canada changes lives and perspectives.
Manufactured Emergency: The Neoliberal Assault on Michigan
Those who want to privatize public services and destroy unions have made some successful incursions into the once union-friendly state. Whether Michiganders can mount an effective resistance remains to …
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Economic Terrorism by Paid Goons
It's time to bring back card-check, and rebuild the American economy, one union at a time.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Importance of Labor Unions and Meaning Behind Labor Day, and More
Celebrating Labor Day should mean commemorating the key role unions played in winning benefits we take for granted now; and more.
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New Documents Undermine Walker Statements on Criminal Probe
Despite claims that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is not a “target” in the state's criminal campaign finance probe, newly-released documents demonstrate that prosecutors are indeed looking at his potentially …
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When Four Jobs Aren’t Enough: Why We Need a Living Wage
No person should die because they were too exhausted to leave the car after working multiple shifts just to make ends meet.
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It’s Harder to Reach the American Dream If You’re Reaching All Alone
“We won't be able to revive widely shared prosperity without strengthening the voice of workers at the workplace and in our politics.”