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High Unemployment Due to Lack of Demand, Not Lack of Skills or Education
Jesse Rothstein: Low wages and lack of purchasing power the real structural problem, skills training and more education is not the critical solution.
Isabel Allende on “Maya’s Notebook,” Drug Addiction, 1973 Chilean Coup and Death of Poet Pablo Neruda
The best-selling Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is out with a new book, “Maya's Notebook: A Novel.”
Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of Four, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq
On Monday, a military court sentenced her to 10 months behind bars.
Thom Hartmann on the News: Criminalizing Immigration, Florida Rejects Medicaid Funding, and More
Thom Hartmann on the News
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Pushes for Unnecessary Tanks Despite Sequester Cuts, and More
In today's On the News segment: The wealth gap has become increasingly racialized, and more.
Does Public Debt Restrict Growth?
Joseph Minarik and Bob Pollin debate recent PERI report that debunked economic theory that supported austerity policies
52 Percent of Americans Favor Legalization of Marijuana
Neill Franklin: While 45 percent of Americans oppose legal marijuana, 70 percent think enforcing federal drug laws is a waste of money.
“Love Has No Color”: Georgia High School Students Set to Hold First Integrated Prom
A group of Georgia high school students are making history by challenging the segregation of their high school prom.
Sandra Steingraber’s War on Toxic Trespassers
How dangerous chemicals and fracking contaminate our land, our health and the energy debate.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Washington State Wants to Protect Businesses’ Right to Discriminate, and More
In today's On the News segment: Washington state wants to protect businesses' right to discriminate; the motivation behind the world-wide economic con of austerity has been discovered; Sen. Bernie …