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William Rivers Pitt on How the Gun Industry Sells Mass Shootings
The NRA and the gun industry appear to up against the ropes in the wake of the mass shootings and other instances of gun violence that took place in …
MartÃn Espada’s Poem for Howard Zinn
Espada reads the poem he wrote to honor his good friend, historian and activist Howard Zinn.
Seattle’s Teacher Uprising: High School Faculty Faces Censure for Boycotting Standardized MAP Tests
Earlier this month, teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, voted unanimously to stop administering a widely used standardized test, calling them wasteful and unfairly used to grade …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Administration Considers Next Move on NLRB Appointment
Women are still struggling to find equality in the workplace; a senior Obama administration official tasked with closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, has been reassigned from his …
Fruitvale, Depiction of Oscar Grant’s Last Day of Life, Takes Top Prizes at Sundance Film Festival
“Fruitvale” tells the story of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old Bay Area resident who was shot dead by a transit police officer in Oakland on New Yearu2019s Day in 2009.
US Rep. Peter Welch on Amgen’s Sweet Senate Deal
Bill talks to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) about the Senateu2019s costly giveaway to the worldu2019s largest biotechnology firm.
Obama Administration Fails to Prosecute Banking Fraud to “Save the System”
James S. Henry commenting on PBS documentary
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senators Reach Across the Aisle to Promote Immigration Reform, and More
Jim Javinsky in for Thom Hartmann here – on the news... You need to know this. A rare word is coming out of the Senate today: “compromise.” With President …
Spies and the Media
Intelligence agencies infiltrate and actively work to influence mainstream media.
Obama: Rhetoric or New Direction?
James K. Galbraith claims positions taken in the Inaugural Address suggest a more serious approach to climate change and a defense of social programs.