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Truthout TV Interviews Maya Schenwar About the US Prison System
Truthout Executive Director Maya Schenwar on why the humane treatment of prisoners is integral to the preservation of human rights.
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The Beginning Is Near: “Occupy Love” Draws Line Between Protest and Empathy
New documentary looks at the #Occupy Wall Street movement to understand the boundaries of human love.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The City of Detroit Files for Bankruptcy
Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. Detroit is broke. On Thursday, the Motor City became the largest in U.S. history to file for …
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Study Links High Stakes Testing to Higher Incarceration Rates
A new study reveals states with high school exit exams have higher rates of incarceration and lower graduation rates.
Chris Hedges: America Is a Tinderbox
Paul Jay asks Chris Hedges if the American Left bears responsibility for the weakness of the mass movement; Hedges says the gravest mistake of the left is not articulating …
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SF Giants Stadium Workers Protest for Fair Compensation
Despite billions of dollars in subsidies, professional sports teams often squeeze lowest wage workers; in San Francisco concession workers are fighting back.
Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why US Wants to Silence Edward Snowden
During Wednesday's hearing, the NSA admitted its analysis of phone records and online behavior far exceeded what it had previously disclosed.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Your Local Police Department May Be Tracking Your Every Move, and More
A new report from the ACLU shows that automatic license plate readers are snapping photos of our cars.
Hedges: We Must Grasp Reality to Build Effective Resistance
In the continuation of Paul Jay's Reality Asserts Itself interview with Chris Hedges, they discuss the fantasy that we can have everything we want and the reality of the …
Michelle Alexander: “Zimmerman Mindset” Endangers Young Black Lives with Poverty, Prison and Murder
Alexander says the biases that led to Martinu2019s death and let his killer go free are deeply embedded in U.S. society and in the criminal justice system itself.