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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Massachusetts Might Be Next in Line to Legalize Marijuana, and More
In today’s On the News segment: Activists say that Massachusetts should be the next in line to legalize marijuana; on Black Friday, more than 1,500 protests took place at Walmart …
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The 9/11 Conspiracy: Did Bush/Cheney Create a Culture of Not Wanting to Know? – Sen. Bob Graham on Reality Asserts Itself
Senator Bob Graham says there was a pervasive pattern in police and intelligence agencies:
Disastrous Rollout of Obamacare Should Shift Focus to Universal Healthcare Part I
Wendell Potter: Though the media has wrongly focused on some of Obamacare's shortcomings, the US needs to make healthcare a human right.
New Aerial Video of Alabama Oil Spill Questions Cleanup
Public Herald is embarking on a new series to investigate the environmental legacy of fossil fuel in America and solutions for cleaning it up.
First Nation Clan Blocks Path of Northern Pipelines in British Columbia
Their effort highlights Canadau2019s long history of attempts to silence, remove and run roughshod over Indigenous peoples who lived across northern North America for thousands of years before settlers …
TEPCO Downplays Huge Risks Involved in Removing Fukushima Fuel Rods
Agencies overseeing cleanup like the IAEA are biased towards defending and promoting nuclear power.
Ebony and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges
Massachusetts Institute of Technology American history professor Craig Steven Wilder reveals how the slave economy and higher education grew up together.
Filmmaker Uncovers Her Family’s Shocking Slave-Trading History, Urges Americans to Explore Own Roots
Katrina Browne documented her roots in the film, ‘Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North,’ which revealed how her family, based in Rhode Island, was once …
Peter Buffett: Big Philanthropy and Philanthro-Feudalism
Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy.
The Pope Slams “Tyranny” of Capitalism and “Idolatry of Money,” But Opposes Shift on Women, Abortion
Pope Francis has used his first major written work to attack capitalism as a “new tyranny,” while urging global leaders to fight poverty and inequality.