Matthew Heimbach, White Student Union, joins Thom Hartmann. Are white college students around the nation at a disadvantage because of their skin color? Is the entire nation headed for a critical moment in the near future when minorities overtake whites - and all hell will break loose? My next guest thinks so. And he's already taking steps to prepare - including trying to form a whites-only student union where he goes to school at Towson University.

Juan Campis, former car wash worker, joins Thom Hartmann. Hundreds of low-wage workers took to the streets of New York City - protesting for better working conditions and better salaries. We'll talk to someone who took part in today's events - and ask him where he sees the fight for a living wage going from here.

The Good! *Elizabeth Warren* It was revealed yesterday that Senator-Elect Warren will have a seat on the highly influentional Senate Banking Committee - which is probably the worst nightmare of Wall Street fat cats. In fact - the finance industry is so afraid of Warren that it spent a whopping $6 million dollars trying to defeat her in the election. With a seat on the Banking Committee - Warren will be able to help protect the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform law from being watered down. If I were a CEO on Wall Street - I'd be pretty scared right now - because Senator-Elect Warren is ready and willing to protect the American people from the harmful actions of the big banks.

everyone is always GDP this and GDP that. But - is obsessing over our nation's gross domestic product really the best way to talk about the growth and state of the American economy? In 1968 - Kennedy said this of measures like GDP and GNP: "Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year...if we judge the United States of America by that - that Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage...