Lucy Kafanov fills in for Thom Hartmann, she discusses Wiener resignation with Todd Zwillich from Public Radio International and Democratic strategist Erikka Knuti. Later in the show Nomi Prins, journalist and author, joins Lucy from Los Angeles to talk about the riots in Greece over austerity measures.

GOP candidates converged in NH to debate who will be the better President. Thom is joined by Daniel Halper, online editor for the Weekly Standard and Jamie Wienstein, deputy editor of dailycaller.com to discuss their take on the debates. Later, Sarah Anderson, Director for Institute for Policy Studies joins Thom to talk about high-frequency trading and its consequences.

David Selig, Conservative Commentator joins Thom Hartmann. New Jersey is becoming ground zero in the Republican campaign to turn public schools into corporate profit centers. Governor Christie's education plans include a new $825 million private school voucher program paid for by cutting $820 million out of the public education budget. The program was designed by Christie and his Education Commissioner - Christopher Cerf - who just happened to previously be the President of the world's largest for-profit school corporation - Edison Schools, Inc

Free Trade has created a race to the bottom around the world - where the most in-demand labor force is the least protected. Though conditions in factories across America have drastically improved in the one hundred years since the Triangle Shirtwaist factory went up in flames - we shouldn't sleep any easier at night just because employee abuse is out-of-sight and out-of-mind. It exists all around the world in places like Jordan and Bangladesh where corporate power has overtaken sovereign governments and devoured the protections offered to average workers. As long as so-called American corporations like Wal Mart are dealing in abusive labor practices around the world - then so too is America. And the only way to put an end to the abuse - is to put an end to Free Trade.