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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.
David Cay Johnston on the Deep State and the Power of Billionaires
This is a continuation of The Real News Network's series of interviews on Reality Asserts Itself with David Cay Johnston.
Women’s Health Over Politics: Courts Block Laws Threatening Abortion Clinics in Texas, Louisiana
Over the past three days, federal judges have blocked a pair of new laws that could have closed most of the 19 abortion clinics in Texas and all five …
New York Times Runs Ad Equating ISIS and Hamas
Recently, The New York Times ran a full-page ad that puts photos of ISIS and Hamas side-by-side.
Resisting the Surveillance State in Germany
On Saturday, August 30, more than 6,000 people took to the streets of Berlin, Germany to protest against intelligence agencies' mass surveillance.
LAPD Infiltrators and Agents Provocateurs Targeted Left and Panthers
David Cay Johnston says the LA Times shut down a major investigation into the widespread use of agents to undermine peaceful and legal opposition groups from the '60s to …
“A Slaughter of Innocents”: Henry Siegman, a Venerable Jewish Voice for Peace, on Gaza
Over the years, Henry Siegman, the former executive director of the American Jewish Congress, has become a vocal critic of Israel's policies in the Occupied Territories and has urged …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: When Big Oil Pays for Its Disasters, the Environment May Recover, and More
When Big Oil is forced to pay for their disasters, the environment has a much better chance to recover, and more.
Global Warming and Economic Crisis Lead to One Solution: Climate Jobs
May Boeve from 350.org and Bruce Hamilton of the Amalgamated Transit Union discuss how the environmental and labor movements have united to organize the People's Climate Summit in New …
Heralding a National Trend? Enrollment Surges as New York City Begins Full-Day Prekindergarten for 50,000 Kids
As the school year begins, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is launching his signature initiative of full-day universal prekindergarten at public schools.