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Toni Morrison: On Love and Writing
Toni Morrison seems always to be in two worlds. There is the visible world, bustling around her, and there is the world of her novels, whose characters tell us …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Newt Gingrich Will Suspend His Campaign for President, and More
In today's On the News segment: Newt Gingrich will suspend his campaign for president, 25 major US corporations on the Fortune 500 list paid their CEOs more money than …
Thousands Join May Day March for Workers Rights in New York
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: CISPA Might Be Another Example of Bought and Paid for Legislation, and More
In today's On the News segment: Workers of the world are uniting in a global day of action, five men were arrested in Ohio for attempting to blow up …
Bankers Assault Financial Reform
Guest: Gerald Epstein is codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) and Professor of Economics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. He has published widely …
May Day Special on OWS, Immigration, Labor Protests: “No Work, No Shopping, Occupy Everywhere”
As Occupy Wall Street plans nationwide protests marking International Workers Day, or May Day, we discuss the movement with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Chris Hedges; Amin Husain, editor of Tidal …
Marty Kaplan on Big Money’s Effect on Big Media
Big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as …
Ahead of May Day, David Harvey Details Urban Uprisings From Occupy Wall Street to the Paris Commune
On Tuesday, May 1st, known as May Day or International Workers' Day, Occupy Wall Street protesters hope to mobilize tens of thousands of people across the country under the …
Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control
Medea Benjamin: Drones kill innocent civilians and antagonize whole populations.
Activists Challenge African “Land Grab”
The World Bank and Wall Street firms targeted for African land deals displacing hundreds of thousands.