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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Last Month Was the Warmest November in Over 100 Years, and More
In today’s On the News segment: Last month was the warmest November in over 100 years; the fight for a living wage is about all of us - it's …
DC Workers Win $11.50 Minimum Wage Increase
About 90,000 workers will earn a higher minimum wage in DC, Montgomery and Prince George counties in Maryland.
Patrick Cockburn: US Turns Blind Eye as Saudis Fund Jihadists in Syrian Conflict
Patrick Cockburn: "It is clearly a proxy war. This might have started off as a popular uprising in Syria, but by now it has four or five different conflicts …
Are Nader-Like Reforms Still Possible?
Ralph Nader says the reforms of the 1960s and 70s are no longer possible as Congress is bought and sold by a small number of very rich people and …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Super Rich Have Skipped Out on Paying $100 Billion Dollars in Estate Taxes Since 2000, and More
The super rich have skipped out on paying $100 billion dollars in estate taxes since 2000, and more.
As Judge Rules NSA Surveillance “Almost Orwellian,” Obama Prepares to Leave Spying Program Intact
On Monday, a federal judge ruled the NSAu2019s bulk collection of Americansu2019 phone records, quote, “almost certainly” violates the Fourth Amendmentu2019s prohibition against unreasonable searches.
The Selling of ADHD: Diagnoses, Prescriptions Soar After 20-Year Marketing Effort by Big Pharma
Taken at face value, the latest figures on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, suggest a growing epidemic in the United States.
Ralph Nader: McCarthyism Made Us Veer Away From a Systemic Doctrine for Change
On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Ralph Nader says McCarthy's reign of terror made people seek more empirical change, we went after auto companies - no “ism” there.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Federal Judge Ruled That the NSA Is Likely Violating the Fourth Amendment, and More
A Bush-appointed Federal District Court judge ruled that the NSA is likely violating our Fourth Amendment rights, and more.
Ukrainians Protest Oligarchic Rule That Has Stripped the Country of Its Wealth
Economist Jeffrey Sommers says that although pro-EU Ukrainians have legitimate grievances, they have little to gain from trade agreements that would ultimately transfer ownership of industry to outside actors.