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Punishment and Profits: Immigration Detention
Immigration is a key issue in the US presidential election, with the Republican candidates trying to demonstrate their tough stance on undocumented immigrants. But under the Obama administration, the …
Active-Duty Army Whistleblower Lt. Col. Daniel Davis: US Deceiving Public on Afghan War
In an extended interview, we speak with Lt. Col. Danny Davis, the most prominent active duty serviceperson to question the U.S. war in Afghanistan. In his damning report following …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Exodus of Corporate Donors From the American Legislative Exchange Council Continues, and More
In today's On the News segment: The exodus of corporate donors from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) continues, banks are once again preying on the poor with subprime …
Rachel Maddow | Bush Tax Cuts Leave Stinging Legacy
Rachel Maddow reports on the latest news off the campaign trail following Rick Santorum's exit and former president George W. Bush's re-entry into the limelight. Rachel also talks with …
Why Buying American Could Fix the Economy
Alan Uke, “Buying America Back,” joins Thom Hartmann. How could something as simple as new product labels help rebuild America's crippled manufacturing sector?
Into the Streets With Drone Education
In his March 20, 2012, article for Truthout (“Gated Intellectuals and Ignorance in Political Life: Toward a Borderless Pedagogy in the Occupy Movement”) Henry A. Giroux writes: ... [T]here …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Bill Gates Is Latest Donor to ALEC to Jump Ship, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republicans are lying to keep more Americans out of a job, Americans want to know if Mitt Romney is stashing money in offshore bank …
Training Terrorists in Nevada: Seymour Hersh on US Aid to Iranian Group Tied to Scientist Killings
Journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed that the Bush administration secretly trained an Iranian opposition group on the State Department’s list of foreign terrorists. Hersh reports the U.S. Joint Special …
From Political Prisoner to Climate Activist: Ousted Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Speaks Out
In part two of our interview with ousted president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, he describes the battle for democracy in his country after he was forced out at …
Occupy the Media: Truthout’s Jason Leopold Speaks to Free Speech TV on Homeland Security: the Occupy Files
Jason Leopold, senior editor at TruthOut, joins Occupy The Media to share his findings from an investigative report he conducted about the Department of Homeland Security's surveillance of Occupy …