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Explosive Increase in Mobile Data Requests Means Congress Needs to Act Now on Digital Privacy
The actual number of people swept up in the cell phone surveillance could be ten, twenty or thirty times higher than 1.3 million because many of the law enforcement …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pennsylvania Mayor Cuts Police and Firefighter Pay to Minimum Wage, and More
In today's On the News segment: Scranton, Pennsylvania's mayor cuts police and firefighter pay to minimum wage, record-breaking heat wave can no longer be dismissed as “just summer,” corporations …
Syrian Opposition Spokesperson: Any Transition Deal Should Entail Assad’s Prosecution for War Crimes
Syria's 16-month conflict has so far claimed more than 15,000 lives.
Restructuring Europe – for Whom?
The structural reform now being discussed in Europe would mean an even more neoliberal agenda.
Bill Moyers: The Cowardly Lions of Free Speech
People haven't lost their voice. They can't afford a voice.
Oakland Takes On Goldman Sachs
The City of Oakland is currently debating the possibility of terminating a contract it has with the investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Sand Land: Frac Sand Mining in Western Wisconsin
The rush to drill for unconventional gas, enabled by a process popularly known as
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Current Heat Wave Could Lead to a Food Crisis, and More
In today's On the News segment: The global warming heat wave that's been scorching the nation could lead to a food crisis; at least fifteen Republican governors have promised …
As Japan Says Fukushima Disaster “Man-Made” and “Preventable,” Fears Grow for Nuclear Plants Worldwide
A Japanese parliamentary inquiry has concluded last yearu2019s nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster - that could and should have been …
The Fracking Industry’s Dirty Secrets
The fracking industry is one of the most secretive and deceptive industries in the country.