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From Drone Strikes to Black Sites, How US Foreign Policy Runs Under a Cloak of Secrecy
At least nine Pakistanis were killed Sunday in a US drone strike in North Waziristan.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Half of US States Have a Minimum Wage Higher Than Minimum, and More
In today's On the News segment: Half of all the states in our nation now have a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum, and more.
The Green Ninja
Can we raise a generation of green kids? “The Green Ninja” says we can.
How All Sides in the Ukraine Crisis Are Misusing History
Historian Kate Brown talks about the many ways all sides in the Ukraine crisis have been misusing history.
Who Goes to Jail? Matt Taibbi on “The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap”
In his new book, Matt Taibbi asks why the vast majority of white-collar criminals have avoided prison since the financial crisis began.
Russell Brand on Revolution, Fighting Inequality, Addiction, Militarized Police and Noam Chomsky
Brand has taken part in anti-austerity protests, spoken at Occupy Wall Street protests and marched with the hacker collective Anonymous.
Matt Taibbi and “the $9 Billion Witness” Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy
Alayne Fleischmann details how she witnessed “massive criminal securities fraud” in the JPMorgan's mortgage operations.
The Afghan War Is Not Over: US Ends 13-Year Combat Mission, but More Than 10,000 Troops Continue the Fight
The US-led NATO occupation has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan.
The Worst Narco-State in History? After 13-Year War, Afghanistan’s Opium Trade Floods the Globe
In the 13 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the country's opium production has doubled.
“A Terrible Idea”: The Full Failure of E-Voting, E-Counting, “Open Source” and Internet Voting
“Open source” used with electronic voting and tallying systems are not a solution.