The Worldwide Recession & Austerity has led to Global Unemployment & Civil Unrest
Apr. 23, 2012 9:20 amBy louisehartmannThe United States isn’t the only nation dealing with chronic unemployment – the rest of the world is too! A new report by the World Bank says that the global economy needs to create 200 million jobs to recover from the worldwide recession and reach full employment. Twenty-seven million jobs were lost around the world when the economy went in the tank in 2008 – and subsequent job growth hasn’t been nearly strong enough to keep up wit
Daily Topics - Monday April 23rd, 2012
Apr. 23, 2012 8:24 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Please welcome syndicated columnist & Democratic strategist Karl Frisch in for Thom today...
Hour One: Media bias and the GOP - Eric Burns, Bullfight Strategies / Plus, Lee Fang reports on CISPA and child labor - United Republic's Republic Report
It pays to be a greedy CEO and screw over your workers
Apr. 20, 2012 8:25 amBy louisehartmannThe AFL-CIO is out with their new Executive Pay Watch report – revealing that CEOs at Fortune 500 companies made on average $12 million each in 2011. They’re now getting paid 380-times more than their average worker. That’s a slight increase since 2010 – and a massive increase since 1980 – when, before Reaganomics, CEOs were paid only 42-times more than their average worker.
On top of that – CEO pay increased nearly 14% in 20Daily Topics - Friday April 20th, 2012
Apr. 20, 2012 7:30 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Anything Goes on Townhall Friday...Happy Earth Day
Hour One: Brunch With Bernie - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Daily Topics - Thursday April 19th, 2012
Apr. 19, 2012 10:42 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: GOP vs. God - John Gehring, Faith in Public Life
Hour Two: Geeky Science - How music awakens Alzheimer's patients
Hour Three: The shocking truth behind BP settlement - Greg Palast
Children are the biggest victims of the current housing crisis
Apr. 19, 2012 8:26 amBy louisehartmannIn 2008 - Wall Street got bailed out – and homeowners got sold out. And now – it’s the children who are the biggest victims of the ongoing housing crisis. According to a new report from First Focus and the Brookings Institute – more than 8.3 million children are facing the direct consequences of home foreclosures.
Already – more than two million children have seen their homes foreclosed on since 2008, and another six millionDaily Topics - Wednesday April 18th, 2012
Apr. 18, 2012 9:59 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Voter Fraud uncovered...guess who?
Hour Two: Has "thought crime" become a reality at the TSA? Alexander Furnas, The Atlantic
ALEC drops its campaigns for 'Stand Your Ground' & Voter ID laws
Apr. 18, 2012 8:54 amBy louisehartmannIn response to pressure from several progressive organizations – and an exodus of corporate members – the American Legislative Exchange Council announced on Tuesday it’s dismantling its non-economic taskforces responsible for writing radical legislation like “Shoot First” laws and “Voter ID” laws.
While this is a small progressive victory – ALEC promises to continue writing economic legislation that repeals environmental regulations, busMonday 16 April '12 show notes
Apr. 18, 2012 1:09 amBy SueN- Does Ahmadinejad support Karl Rove & Mitt Romney?
- Professor John Ellis, CA Association of Scholars (CAS).
Friday 13 April '12 show notes
Apr. 17, 2012 3:01 pmBy SueN- Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). "Brunch With Bernie".
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.