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Fired for a Short Skirt? The Realities of Anti-Worker Laws in Wisconsin and Ohio
Last year's labor protests across the Midwest rattled the country. They shook Republican politicians who thought they'd have an easy time erasing union workers' rights. They spurred thousands of …
“You Can’t Take Away My Hope”: Thirty Years of Climate Scientists Helplessly Describing Our Dangerously Changing World
In a new video by Peter Sinclair, prominent climate scientist Michael MacCracken discusses how the last thirty years have confirmed the predictions he and others made in 1982 and earlier. …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Anti-Muslim Hate Crime in California, and More
In today's On the News segment: “Obamacare” goes before the Supreme Court, Wall Street doubles down on GOP donations, “Shoot First Law” in Florida under scrutiny, climate change is …
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Nuclear Alert
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It’s a Stretch
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Arizona’s Curriculum Battles: A 500-Year Civilizational War
The censorship, banned curriculums and banned books in Arizona, are subject to much spin, which often lacks a grasp of the bigger and more ominous picture. These actions in …
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Brooklyn Art Students Join National Surge of College Activists
(Image: Tina Scott) “I get asked a lot, 'Why are so many activists also artists?'” said Alice Zinnes, a light, color, and design professor at New York's Pratt Institute. …
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West Coast “Green” Jobs Data Shows Promise
A group of West Coast leaders has made its first attempt to quantify how many jobs have been spurred by the clean economy, a sector that includes engineers who …
JOBS Act: The Dumbest “Bipartisan” Move Since Repealing Glass-Steagall
Here we go again. Once again the ‘bipartisan’ consensus in Washington, fueled by an intoxicating brew of conventional wisdom laced with campaign cash, has repealed some of those 'cumbersome …
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Gay Marriage Effort Attracts a Novel Group of Donors
Rob Reiner. (Photo: Andy and Mike / Flickr)Los Angeles - On a warm Friday afternoon three years ago, Rob Reiner, the director, arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills …