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Sequestration: What Do the Automatic Spending Cuts Mean for the Poor, Unemployed and Children?
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Bradley Manning 1000 Days in Jail and more Government Crackdown on Transparency
Michael Ratner: World wide support for Bradley Manning as trial of alleged Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond takes bizarre twist.
Bowman Versus Monsanto: Indiana Farmer’s Supreme Court Challenge to Corporate Control of Food Supply
A David-versus-Goliath case heard by the Supreme Court this week pits a 75-year-old farmer from Indiana against Monsanto, the worldu2019s largest seed company.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Orleans Judge Reduces BP’s Liability, and More
A week before BP's civil trial for the 2010 Gulf oil disaster, a district judge in New Orleans just reduced the company's liability by $3.4 billion.
The Financialization of Food
Sasha Breger Bush: In the name of democratizing finance, derivative exchanges are achieving the opposite.
Will a Higher Minimum Wage Cost Jobs?
Bob Pollin on the theory that a higher minimum wage will reduce jobs available to young people entering the work force and won't reduce poverty.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Two Years into Uprising, Bahrain Feels Like a “Nation Under Occupation”
emocracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous joins us to discuss his recent trip to Bahrain, where the Sunni monarchy continues its crackdown on a two-year-old uprising.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wisconsin’s Private Sector Unions Are Under Attack, and More
In today's On the News segment: Wisconsin's private sector unions are under attack; 26 states haven't set up their insurance exchanges - leaving it up to the federal government; …
W.E.B. Du Bois vs. Booker T. Washington – Then and Now
Anthony Monteiro : Feb. 23, 2013 is the 145th anniversary of the birth of Du Bois, considered a founder of the civil rights movement and father of Pan Africanism.
The ATM for Climate Denial: Secretive Donors Trust Funds Vast Network of Global Warming Skeptics
While the secretive Donors Trust has given millions to a variety of right-wing causes, denying climate change appears to be its top priority.