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How the Billionaires Bought Justice For Scott Walker
By Thom Hartmann A...
Scott Walker is the perfect example of how billionaires can purchase justice a la carte to protect their pet politicians.
Back to the Future with Scott Walker
By Thom Hartmann A...
If you want to catch a glimpse of what America would look like under President Scott Walker, you need to turn back the clock to one of the darkest periods in 20th century American history – the Lochner Era.
We're running out of time...
By Thom Hartmann A...
We're running out of time to save our species.
That's the warning issued last Friday by a group of nearly 2,000 leading international scientists. Their recent call for action was the outcome statement from a four-day meeting called “Our Common Future under Climate Change,” which was a gathering of academics ahead of the UN climate talks in Paris later this year.
Let's make banking boring again!
By Thom Hartmann A...
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows, and apparently, that saying holds true for economics. Senators Elizabeth Warren and John McCain have joined forces in the fight to make banking boring again.
Last week, the progressive senator from Massachusetts teamed up with the far-right conservative from Arizona to introduce legislation that would reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
John Boehner vs. Bernie Sanders: Who’s the Real Extremist?
By Thom Hartmann A...
With Bernie Sanders surging in the polls and drawing record crowds at every campaign event, the Washington establishment is starting to get worried. And when the Washington establishment gets worried, it insults people by calling “radical,” “extremist,” or “out of touch.”
Should cities have the right to raise wages or implement sick leave?
By SueN
The same party that screams about government overreach doesn't have a problem with stepping on cities' autonomy to write their own laws.
Last week, Rick Snyder's Republicans in Michigan passed a bill that blocks cities from raising wages or implementing paid sick leave.
Climate Deniers Fiddle while the Earth Burns
By SueN
The 2015 wildfire season is off to a blazing start.
And, even though you may not be in the immediate area, that doesn't mean that you're safe from the impact of the fires.
Supreme Court To Decide Whether To Destroy Unions
By SueN
Republicans just got one step closer to turning our nation into a right-to-work-for-LESS Libertarian paradise.Last week, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a legal case called Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which could mean big problems for public unions.
Reaganism is a Failure from Greece to Washington, D.C.
By SueN
We are witnessing the failure of an ideology on a global scale.As the Greek debt crisis moves into its most explosive phase yet, many people here in America are asking themselves, “Why?”
What’s Good About Guaranteed Basic Income
By SueN
If conservatives really want to do away with “wasteful” and “overly bureaucratic” social services in the U.S. - services like Medicaid, Social Security and foodstamps - there’s an easy alternative.
Latest Headlines
Who rejected United States-North Korea peace talks?
There were conflicting reports on Sunday regarding a recent proposal for United States-North Korea peace talks which was allegedly made before North Korea"s recent nuclear test
U.K. Pound Falls As Markets Get Brexit Jitters
Bloomberg said on Monday the pound had sustained its biggest fall against the dollar in 11 months
Clinton: I'll defend Israel but push for 'two-state solution
Hillary Clinton believes both Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz "missed the mark" with their approach to the Israel-Palestinian Arab conflict
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