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WikiLeaks in Latin America: Online Whistleblower’s Wide Impact in Region Where Assange Seeks Asylum
If Julian Assange is granted asylum in Ecuador, he will become a resident of Latin America, where the trove of classified U.S. State Department cables he strategically disseminated through …
Congressional Probe Reveals Cover-Up of “Auschwitz-Like” Conditions at US-Funded Afghan Hospital
A congressional investigation has revealed a top US general in Afghanistan sought to stall an investigation into abuse at a US-funded hospital in Kabul that kept patients in inhumane …
Charles Glass: With Annan’s Exit and Influx of Foreign Arms, Syria’s Violence “Seems the Only Way Out”
A hardening diplomatic impasse brings even more urgency to the violent crisis.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The DOJ Is Investigating Bank of America for Its Role in the LIBOR Scandal, and More
In today's On the News segment: Bank of America has received subpoenas from the Department of Justice looking into what role the bank may have played in the LIBOR …
What a Single-Payer Health Insurance Plan Looks Like (Part 2)
Gerald Friedman: A single-payer plan in Maryland would cover everyone, improve outcomes and make business more competitive.
Bill McKibben: Even Industry-Funded Climate Change Deniers Can’t Ignore Planet’s Warming
Hundreds of new US counties were declared disaster areas on Wednesday amidst the countryu2019s worst drought in decades.
Why the Department of Homeland Security Was Watching “The Young Turks” and Reporter Michael Hastings
Cenk and Rolling Stone contributor Michael Hastings learn how a February story and The Young Turks appearance put them both on the Department of Homeland Securityu2019s radar.
Did the US Cause Fallujah’s Birth Defects?
As deformities spike in the Iraqi city, we ask if the US has been honest about weaponry used during the 2004 assaults.
What a Single-Payer Health Insurance Plan Looks Like (Part 1)
Gerald Friedman: A single-payer plan in Maryland would cover everyone, improve outcomes and make business more competitive.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A 21-Year-Old in Arkansas Was Shot in the Head While Handcuffed in the Back of a Police Car, and More
A 21-year-old in Jonesboro, Arkansas is dead after he was mysteriously shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car.