You may think what's happening across this country - like Scott Walker's efforts in Wisconsin - to strip rights from working people and give multi-million dollar tax breaks to corporations is something new. It's not.

Economist Ian Fletcher and author of "Free Trade Doesn't Work", breaks down the plague on our economy that is free trade and what we can do to turn things around.

Economist Ian Fletcher and author of "Free Trade Doesn't Work", breaks down the plague on our economy that is free trade and what we can do to turn things around.

In Wisconsin, State Senate Republicans used what they claim is a loophole in the law to officially cut from state employees nearly all collective bargaining rights. Thom explains how this latest move is part of a larger plan to destroy Democracy in America. Then the Koch brothers have employed a PR company to act as a 'sock puppet' for them on websites, including Wikipedia. Plus, Thom talks with consumer advocate and author, Erin Brockovich about the lack of clean drinking water in this country.

It's about who REALLY runs our democracy - you and me, or corporate oligarchs - and Peter King is doing his part to distract us all from that truth.

Did Koch Industries Employ a PR Firm to re-write Wikipedia? Thom Hartmann discusses the story with Lee Fang, Reporter/Blogger for Think Progress.org

What will happen to Democracyville, USA if Republicans get their way? Thom Hartmann demonstrates -- using this little town -- what could happen.

The real story behind the ongoing labor strikes started long before Scott Walker's battle with public employees. Thom explains how the 'Starve the Beast' strategy has been killing democracy in the US for more than 30 years. Then, nearly a quarter of American homeowners are upside down on their mortgages. When will the nation bail out the middle class? Plus, the same right-wing activist who went after ACORN is aiming at NPR. In a panel discussion, Thom talks about how "gotcha journalism" is changing the way news is reported in the US. And it appears the bubble economy is back and one bank in particular is rolling in the dough! Don't miss Thom's daily take on another possible financial meltdown.

Thom Hartmann explains how you can learn by eavesdropping on rich people talking to rich people - like when the next bubble in the stock market is going to be made...and when it's going to burst.

NPR Executive Caught Calling Tea Partiers 'Racist' with Jamie Weinstein, Daily Caller.com & Erikka Knuti, Democratic strategist

Thom Hartmann says the real story behind the ongoing labor protests goes back 30 years... way before Governor Walker and the Tea Baggers!

There is still no budget deal in Wisconsin and state Democrats remain across state lines in defiance. Thom talks to Wisconsin Democrat State Senator Chris Larson about the growing support his party is receiving nationwide. Then Thom talks to California Congressman Henry Waxman about the ethics complaint filed against Governor Walker. Plus how does the most powerful country in the world allow 16 million children to live in poverty? Thom debates that topic with Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director at the Ayn Rand Institute. And as New York Republican Congressman Peter King prepares to launch his investigative hearings into American Muslim communities, Thom talks about the major divide King is creating in the US

Oil prices are on the rise again. The REAL reason prices are going up has more to do with Wall Street than with Tripoli.

Homeland Security looked into covert body scans with Ginger McCall, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

28 House Members — and counting — Oppose King's Radicalization Hearings and Will King's Muslim hearings backfire? Thom Hartmann speaks with Seton Motley, President-Less Government and Alejandro Beutel, Muslim Public Affairs Council.