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The Racial Bias Hidden in our Credit Reports.
Dec. 4, 2015 7:46 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Every day, Americans are approved or denied for jobs, loans, and apartment leases based on the information contained in their credit reports. While this is a problem that needs to be address in every community, it has had a particularly devastating effect on minority communities.
Cities criminalize homelessness - and now the homeless are fighting back!
Dec. 3, 2015 8:48 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Cities around our nation have criminalized homelessness, but now, the homeless are fighting back.
According to a recent article over at The Think Progress Blog, four homeless men in Manteca, California have filed a suit against the city, saying that the anti-homeless ordinances violate their constitutional rights.Climate denial in text books??
Dec. 2, 2015 8:32 amBy Thom Hartmann A...California school children are being taught with misleading textbooks. According to a recent article in the Guardian Newspaper, the science books used by sixth-graders in that state express doubt about whether climate change is real.
Florida cops are taking tons of people's property!
Dec. 1, 2015 8:19 amBy Thom Hartmann A...The ACLU wants Florida cops to stop seizing people's personal property. In a recent press release, the civil rights group is calling on the Florida Legislature to address that state's out-of-control civil asset forfeiture practices.
Republicans try to derail Paris Climate Summit.
Nov. 30, 2015 10:27 amBy Thom Hartmann A...This week, leaders from around the world are meeting in Paris to work out the future of global climate action.
But, while our President is overseas trying to come up with climate solutions, Republicans back in the states are undermining him at every turn. And, their typical obstruction could pose a threat to the entire Paris summit.