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Government Shutdown Reflects Struggle Within Capitalist Republican Elite (Part 1)
Paul Street: Tea Party candidates' strong desire to roll back the New Deal comes out of the GOP establishment's own creation.
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After Four Decades in Solitary, Dying Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Freed, Conviction Overturned
A dying prisoner has been released in Louisiana after serving nearly 42 years in solitary confinement, longer than any other person in the United States.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obamacare Is Off to a Great Start, and More
You wouldn't know it by listening to right-wing media, but Obamacare is off to a great start, and more.
Tea Party Forces Government Shutdown With Obamacare Revolt; How Will it Impact Ordinary Americans?
The U.S. government has begun a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years after Congress failed to break a partisan deadlock by a midnight deadline.
“The Lawbreaking Is Ongoing”: Louisiana Levee Board Sues BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron for Coast Damage
Beyond the well-known devastation caused by the BP oil spill in 2010, the oil and gas industry in Louisiana has also been blamed for destroying coastal wetlands that provide …
Henry A. Giroux | Hardened Cultures and the War on Youth
This interview was conducted at the McMaster Centre for Scholarship in the Public Interest's 2013 “War on Youth” Summer Institute, Summer 2013.
The Story of Solutions
The Story of Solutions explores how we can move our economy in a more sustainable and just direction, starting with orienting ourselves toward a new goal.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: For the First Time in 17 Years, Our Government Is Officially Shut Down, and More
For the first time in 17 years, our government is officially shut down.
Obamacare Debate
Economist Dean Baker and Dr. Margaret Flowers debate the merits of the Affordable Care Act.
What Is the Social Cost of Carbon Emissions?
James Boyce: Cost-benefit analysis of carbon emissions has shortcomings.