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“On a Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State”: NSA Whistleblower Rejects Government Defense of Spying
Democracy Now! speaks with William Binney, a former top official at the National Security Agency, and Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who has broken the NSA spying stories.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Sanders to Introduce Bill to Fund Youth Jobs With $3 Billion, and More
In today's On the News segment: Billionaire admits to Senate subcommittee that middle class, not rich ‘job creators,’ anchors of the US economy.
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Investing in Schools Creates More Than Twice as Many Jobs as Military Spending
Bob Pollin: Education spending is the best job creator - so why are local and state governments firing teachers and closing schools?
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“A Massive Surveillance State”: Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails
The National Security Agency has obtained access to the central servers of nine major Internet companies - including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo! and Facebook.
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Bank Profits Soar, Wages Suffer Sharpest Decline in 60 Years
Bill Black: The economy is recovering - unless you work for a paycheck.
The Price of Power to a Nation
On the sprawling Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation it surrounds, Peabody Western Coal Company routinely uproots families to extract coal that provides cheap electricity for much of the …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Walmart Is Using the Court System to Silence Protesters, and More
In today's On the News segment: Walmart is using the court system to silence protesters; a Senate Committee advanced bipartisan legislation to create a federal licensing program for insurance …
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NSA Whistleblowers: “All US Citizens” Targeted by Surveillance Program, Not Just Verizon Customers
A leaked court order has revealed the Obama administration is conducting a massive domestic surveillance program by collecting telephone records of millions of Verizon customers.
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Obama-Backed Trans-Pacific Partnership Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits
The latest negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) were recently held behind closed doors in Lima, Peru, but the Obama administration has rejected calls to release the current text.
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US Drug War Props Corrupt Mexican Ruling Class
John Ackerman: Last two Mexican presidents relied on US support for legitimacy not found in polls.