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“An Olympic Snowden”: US Athlete on Being Turned Into a “Spokesperson for Verizon” at 2006 Games
We look at a side of the Olympics that you won't see in the wall-to-wall media coverage.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Living Close to Nature Improves Our Mental Health, and More
Studies like these prove that our natural environment should be protected as the valuable resource it really is.
Taking the Mic: Why Structural and Environmental Racism Matter
There is a phrase used again and again when people bring up something uncomfortable about the environmental movement. We are told that we are being “divisive.”
Kids for Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals
The shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private …
Danger of Global Recession After 30 Years of Neoliberal Counterrevolution
Heiner Flassbeck, former director of UNCTAD, says the pressure for even lower wages, the crisis in emerging markets and deflation in Europe means a slide into global recession is …
DC Close to Decriminalizing Marijuana, Maintains Public Consumption as a Criminal Offense
On Tuesday, the DC city council voted 11 to 1 to decriminalize marijuana possession in the nation's capital.
Is the TPP Dead? Have We Won?
An interview with Kevin Zeese, organizer with Flush the TPP and Popular Resistance.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Internet Companies Are Fighting to Restore Public Trust, and More
In the wake of the NSA spying scandal, corporations like Google, Yahoo, and Facebook wanted to release details on internet surveillance, and more.
Approval of Keystone XL Would Be a Disastrous Move
Jeffrey Sachs: The State Department's Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL pipeline brings humanity one stop closer to climate disaster.
Independent Journalism Now Considered “Terrorism” in Egypt
Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the Egyptian Military Regime's Growing “War On Journalists.”