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Campaign to Recall “America’s Toughest Sheriff”
Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa County Arizona, accused of brutal law enforcement and racial profiling; faces a recall campaign from an independent coalition.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republican War on Woman Went into Overdrive in Arkansas, and More
Arkansas's legislature has passed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans.
Vietnam and America’s “Wandering Ghosts”
Nick Turse talks to Bill about the ghosts of people and issues not properly put to rest in the years following the Vietnam war.
South Africa and the Resource Curse
Patrick Bond: Mining interests are a powerful force shaping African politics
Worker Owned Businesses Point to New Forms of Ownership
Can co-ops come out of the margins of the economy and be part of a larger political project to transform how things are owned?
Nick Turse Describes the Real Vietnam War
Nick Turse describes his efforts to compile a complete and compelling account of the Vietnam War's horror.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Senate Finally Reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act, and More
In today's On the News segment: Yesterday, the Senate finally reauthorized protections for victims of domestic abuse in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); the Republican response to the …
North Korea Nuclear Test Sends Message to Washington One Week After US-South Korean War Games
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting after North Korea conducted its third-ever nuclear test in defiance of UN orders.
State of the Union: Do Policy Proposals Live Up to Rhetoric on Wages and Climate Change?
Gerald Epstein: Language on wages and climate change could help shift the debate, but policy proposals tied to interests of finance and private sector.
Will Obama Plan Create a “Rising, Thriving Middle Class”?
Leo Panitch and Jennifer Taub: President Obama's SOTU shows he is far more wedded to private sector, free market solutions than restoring the bargain with the middle class.