Hunter Link, hunger striker, joins Thom Hartmann. University of Virginia students are the latest soldiers in the fight for workers' rights. How have they chosen to fight for change - and will they succeed in reaching their goals? Making sure working people earn a living wage isn't just the morally right thing to do in the wealthiest nation on the planet - it makes good economic sense too. The more money working people have - the more they spend - thus stimulating our economy and creating more demand and thus more jobs. Working people are the REAL job creators! People shouldn't have to be starving themselves to raise awareness of this issue - it's economics 101

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet joins Thom Hartmann. Conservatives like Rick Santorum and Marco Rubio will tell you America is becoming a nation of Conservatives. Is this really the case - or are they sorely mistaken?

The Good! *Corey Husic* Husic - a 17 year old high school student from Pennsylvania - sent a loud and clear message to the Heartland Institute - the conservative organization planning to create a nation of global warming deniers. The Bad! *Arizona Congressional Candidate Frank Antenori* At a Arizona Tea Party rally last week - Antenori told a crowd of about 300 people that President Obama's presidency is very similar to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. And the Very Very Ugly! *Rick Berman* Viewers of the Oscar broadcast last night may have noticed a peculiar ad during the show - an ad attacking the Humane Society of America claiming that only a small portion of donations made to them actually go to help fund animal shelters.

Thom talks with Think Progress's National Security Reporter Ali Gharib on the real causes of the protests in Afghanistan. Also discussed: why Republicans deny science, the Univ. of Virginia's hunger strike and Thom's "Daily Take" on why Santorum wants to turn America into a theocracy.