by Thom Hartmann | Dec 2, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage
On Black Friday, more than 1,500 protests took place at Walmart stores around our country. Organizers reported more than 100 arrests in civil disobedience actions. The events centered around ' low wages, unethical treatment of workers, and their history of trying to...
by Thom Hartmann | Nov 25, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision
On Sunday, major world powers reached an agreement to scale back the Iranian nuclear program. In exchange, our nation and others will slightly lift some of the sanctions against Iran, but embargoes against Iranian banks and oil will remain in place. The interim deal...
by Thom Hartmann | Nov 21, 2013 | Economy, Financial Reform
On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that JPMorgan has agreed to a $13 billion dollar settlement over the fraudulent sale of mortgage-backed securities. But, that settlement is a fraud in and of itself. Four billion dollars of that figure was actually part...
by Thom Hartmann | Nov 15, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
This week, Americans got a peek behind the curtain of the Trans Pacific Partnership, and what we found is frightening. On Thursday, Wikileaks published a complete draft of the “intellectual property rights” chapter of the TPP, and it poses a serious risk to free...
by Thom Hartmann | Nov 14, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America
You wouldn't know it by looking at your bank account, but our GDP growth rate was 2.8% in the third quarter of 2013. That's much higher than the long-term rate of 2%, but average Americans won't see any benefit from better growth. The latest figures from the Bureau of...
