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The Economic Winds Are Howling...
Aug. 12, 2019 2:26 pm
By Thom Hartmann A...
In 2008, we saw the result of three decades of neoliberalism in the United States and Europe, what we used to call Reaganism and Thatcherism, damage and shake the world financial system.
Trump Goes After Brown Workers for the Crimes of Wealthy White Bosses
Aug. 8, 2019 2:11 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... In one of the most vivid examples of the year, Donald Trump's ICE has shown us how this administration protects the interests and lives of the wealthy while attacking people who are poor, defenseless, and powerless.
The Death of the Middle Class & The Rise of Racism
Aug. 6, 2019 2:11 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... According to new data from the federal reserve, if current trends of the rich getting richer and the middle class getting poorer continues at their current rate, in 33 years the top 10% of Americans will own one hundred percent of all American wealth. Everyone else will be in poverty and in debt.
The disturbing link between modern-day mass shootings and slave patrols
Aug. 6, 2019 8:08 amBy Thom Hartmann A... While, in the wake of the El Paso murders, the media and most of our politicians are acting shocked-"shocked, I tell you!"-that there are armed racists in America who are trying to terrify people of color, the reality is that it's pretty much always been that way here in the United States.
We Need To Defeat the White Supremacy Virus
Aug. 5, 2019 2:38 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... From the first colonization of North America, guns have been the principle instrument to enforce white supremacy. This racialized violence isn't new.
The Media Doesn't Want Democrats to Have Big Bold Ideas but Republicans Can....
Aug. 2, 2019 3:00 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... The Republicans have some big bold ideas. At least 17 million voters were purged nationwide between 2016 and 2018, according to a study by the Brennan Center for Justice, because Republicans have the big idea that only white people should vote. Here's another.
We Need to Get Profit-Seeking Parasites Away From the Public Good
Aug. 1, 2019 2:53 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... CNN and so-called conservatives keep worrying about how we're going to "pay for" things like Medicare for all and free college at the Democratic Debates. It's the completely wrong frame and question.
Can America Claim to Be Civilized?
Jul. 23, 2019 2:32 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Supposedly Stalin said, " A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
How To Fight Trump?
Jul. 22, 2019 1:54 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Tim Wise, who helped run a campaign against David Duke, points out that when they tried to talk about the issues and ignored Duke's appeal to racism, it depressed the white anti-Duke Vote.
What Do Democrats Really Want?
Jul. 18, 2019 12:56 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Thomas Friedman, the confused billionaire, told us decades ago that "free trade" is what made the Lexus a successful product when, in fact, it was decades of Japanese government subsidies and explicit tariffs that did so.
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