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Spokane, WA says 'Stay Home When You're Sick.'
Jan. 18, 2016 6:32 amBy Thom Hartmann A...For more than a year, President Obama has been calling on Congress to pass legislation to guarantee all workers can take time off when they're sick.
Since our legislators show no signs of moving forward with that, Spokane, Washington is refusing to wait any longer. Last week, that city broke in the New Year by passing their own sick-leave legislation.Taxes Are The Price We Pay For an EQUAL Society.
Jan. 15, 2016 5:59 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Thomas Piketty, the world-famous French economist, has ran the numbers on American income inequality. And, his analysis confirmed what many of us already know – low taxes on the rich have made them much richer, and have left the rest of us trying to catch up.
The Massive Danger Lurking Beneath Our Feet.
Jan. 14, 2016 11:10 amBy Thom Hartmann A...The massive methane leak in California is only the tip of a giant, dangerous iceberg. According to a new report from EcoWatch, there are more than 300 similar natural gas storage facilities around the U.S., and any one of them could be the site of the next disaster.
Stop the Bipartisan Dreaming!
Jan. 13, 2016 1:33 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...After 7 years in the White House, President Obama still hasn’t learned his lesson about Republicans.
Case in point: his conclusion to last night’s State of the Union address.
Looking back on his time as commander-in-chief, the president regretted that he had not done more to change our country’s broken political system.Aliso Canyon: The Invisible Disaster.
Jan. 12, 2016 11:12 amBy Thom Hartmann A...There is a massive methane leak in California that you may not even know about. Since mid-October, a broken pipe located 8,000 feet below ground has been leaking an estimated 50,000 kilograms of methane every hour, but Governor Jerry Brown only declared a state of emergency over that leak last week.