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No More Gag Rules; Let's Spark a Movement that's Pro-Voice!
July 25, 2011Talk may not heal all that ails us - and our politics - but it's certainly true that where abortion's concerned, we could do with less grandstanding about "gag rules" and more honest listening - and talk.Dorian Warren: The 'Walmart Way'
June 20, 2011"It's a targeting of workers' abilities to come together against big companies," says Columbia University professor Dorian Warren of the Walmart v. Duke case. The case was decided in favor of the company this week.Dorian Warren, Josh Holland and No-Fly Zone in Arizona
March 30, 2011"It's a targeting of workers' abilities to come together against big companies," says Columbia University professor Dorian Warren of the Walmart v. Duke case. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments from both sides on whether a class-action lawsuit that pits female employees since 1998 against the corporate giant Walmart will be permitted.F Word: Remembering Geraldine Ferraro
March 29, 2011Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to receive her party’s nomination to run for Vice President is dead at 75. Her battle with blood cancer lasted a long nasty 12 years. Our battle with character assassination, a fight she also took on, is still with us.Best of 2010: At the Tea Party & Ella Es El Matador
December 28, 2010Continuing our Best of 2010 series, we bring you an in-depth discussion of the Tea Party movement from October 15. This week's special feature delves into the who, the what and the why of the Tea Party. As the left grapples with the reality that tea partiers may be more than a passing trend, what should we know about who these people are who funds them? Is the left fighting against them or enabling them? And most importantly, what can be done to turn things around?Best of 2010: Unemployed Workers, Thomas Frank & Chris Lehmann
December 27, 2010We're bringing you our top shows of 2010 this week, on the Web and on TV. We hope you enjoy! This one's from December 2. Members of Congress talking about shutting the government down until they can extend tax cuts for the wealthy are "in denial, blinded by their greed," says Constance Kaplan, "They're not concerned with us." Connie is a law librarian who's worked for JP Morgan Chase, among other companies, and is a '99er'--she's been unemployed for over 99 weeks and has thus lost all government unemployment benefits.Unemployed Workers, Chris Lehmann & Thomas Frank, and the Big Float
December 2, 2010Members of Congress talking about shutting the government down until they can extend tax cuts for the wealthy are "in denial, blinded by their greed," says Constance Kaplan, "They're not concerned with us." Connie is a law librarian who's worked for JP Morgan Chase, among other companies, and is a '99er'--she's been unemployed for over 99 weeks and has thus lost all government unemployment benefits.The F Word: The Big Float's a Big Scam
December 2, 2010WikiLeaks may be the biggest information explosion this week, but Wednesday's mammoth release of documents pertaining to the Fed's bank bail out program could well spark the most outrage -- at least among those not fortunate enough to head a firm on Wall Street.The Big Business Wall Street Won't Discuss
October 30, 2010"Do you mind being a vulture?" That's the question Emory law professor Frank Alexander asks in this segment from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund. He's asking it of huge Wall Street banks like JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America, which buy up tax liens from local governments when homeowners fall behind on their property taxes, and then foreclose on the homes.The Loaded Chamber, Tax Liens, Mamachas del Ring, and Lee Camp
October 29, 2010In the first two parts of our investigative series, The Loaded Chamber, we met the faces behind the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, its shadowy fundraising for the election cycle, and the government entities that are supposed to be keeping an eye on it. In part three, we look at the foreign money flowing into the chamber--and the connections between that cash and the Chamber's support for outsourcing jobs. And is that foreign money going to pay for elections?
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