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UN: Greenland Ice Melting Six Times Faster Than Previous Decades
Environmental expert Subhankar Banerjee breaks down the latest UN climate change report.
Decoding Obamacare: A Guide to New Health Care Marketplaces Designed to Help 48 Million Uninsured
To help navigate the new system implemented by Obamacare, Democracy Now speaks to Elisabeth Benjamin, Vice President of Health Initiatives of Community Service Society of New York.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Secretary of State John Kerry Talks With Iran’s Foreign Minister for the First Time in Decades, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. On Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iran's Foreign Minister, for the first substantive talks in …
Matt Taibbi on How Wall Street Hedge Funds Are Looting the Pension Funds of Public Workers
In his latest article for Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi reports that Wall Street firms are now making millions in profits off of public pension funds nationwide.
Federal Contractors Employ More Low-Wage Workers Than Walmart and McDonald’s Combined, While Paying Top Execs. $24 Billion
Workers and legislators demand President Obama sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractor employees.
Outsourcing America: Sodexo Exposed
This video exposes the privatizers and profiteers selling out our democracy.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Government Shutdown Is Right Around the Corner, and More
In today's On the News segment: Congress hasn't yet prevented one potential government shutdown, and the next one is right around the corner;Â a bipartisan group of four senators has …
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Obama and Rouhani Welcome New Talks, Offering Hope to Iranians Suffering Under US-Led Sanctions
In speeches before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, both President Obama and President Hassan Rouhani backed calls for diplomacy that have grown since Rouhani's election earlier this …
Federal Contractor Executives Get $24 Billion Per Year, While Low Wage Workers Fight for More Than $8.25/Hour
Hundreds of federally-contracted workers protest against the largest low wage job creator, the federal government.
Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Nairobi Mall Rampage Tied to “Disastrous” US Meddling in Somalia
Scahill says the Bush administration's decision to back Ethiopia's overthrow of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union in 2006 helped fuel al-Shabab's growth into the dominant militant group that it is …