Time for a Nation Service Program & A Draft?
By Thom Hartmann A...
If we want to stop stupid wars, we need a draft. For the past 18 years, the United States has continuously been at war, and now Trump is threatening more wars with Iran and Venezuela.
When the Economy Crashes Will America Move to the Hard Right or Left?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie are confirming the numbers that Bernie Sanders and other progressives keep pointing out - that three men in America own more wealth than the bottom half of America - over 160 million people.
Who Will Stop World War III?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Back in 2001, after 9/11, Congress gave the president the authority to basically wage war anywhere in the world where there were governments affiliated with Al Qaeda, the radical Sunni Muslim group that came out of the Saudi Wahhabist movement. Iran is Shia Muslim, essentially the sworn enemies of the Sunnis.
An economic crash is looming, and it could determine the fate of Trump - and the country
By Thom Hartmann A...
If he times it right, Donald Trump might set back the Democratic Party for a generation or more; if he misses, he'll go down in history along with Herbert Hoover as the guy who brought the nation an economic disaster.What Would Prevent You From Going Vegan If It both Saved the World & Your Body?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Want to save the world, save some money, and live a few years longer than you might otherwise? You can do all three at once by simply going vegan. The single most powerful thing that any American can do to fight global climate change is to stop eating meat and dairy products.
Whose Base is Bigger - Democrats or Republicans?
By Thom Hartmann A...
In 1980, the Democratic and Republican parties went in different directions with regard to how to win elections. Knowing that so-called "swing voters" only represent about 5% of voters, Republicans worked hard to get out their base of hard-core right wingers.
The American Dream is Alive & Well In China
By Thom Hartmann A...
As we are seeing millions of people in the streets in Hong Kong becoming politically active, we also learned that roughly 70% of Chinese millennials already own their own homes.
Here's what the feud and reconciliation between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson can teach us about civility
By Thom Hartmann A...
Donald Trump did not invent the art of the political insult but he's inflamed the level of vitriolic public discourse and incivility to a new low unmatched by other presidents. In a tainted tradition that has permeated our history, other presidents have not been immune to dishing out acerbic insults against one another.To Save 99% of Americans - We Have to Tax the Rich
By Thom Hartmann A...
The massive inequality we are now experiencing in the United States has a singular source. It started with the Reagan tax cut that took tax rates on the wealthiest Americans from 74%, where it had been for two generations, and lowered it to 25%.
How Fears of Abolition Shaped the Second Amendment
By Thom Hartmann A...
Little did Madison, Jefferson, or Henry realize that one day in the future, weapons-manufacturing corporations, newly defined as "persons" by a dysfunctional Supreme Court, would use his slave-patrol militia amendment to protect their "right" to manufacture and sell guns to individuals who would use them to murder schoolchildrenIt's to Be a Democracy, Ma'am, if You Can Keep It
By Thom Hartmann A...
America is divided. With one single exception, every state is entirely under the control of one party or the other. A large part of this divide is being driven by big money propping up the Republican Party so that they can get lower taxes and less protections for the public, also known as regulations.
After the Year's Worst Shooting the NRA Continues to Gaslight Americans
By Thom Hartmann A...
The day after the Virginia beach shooting, the largest mass shooting this year, a spokeswoman for the NRA publicly argued that they had no role in the shooting.
How guns literally go to men’s heads
By Thom Hartmann A...
People are asking why the shooter in Virginia Beach used a gun to settle his workplace score. The answer is probably pretty simple.When a man has a gun, he literally holds the power of life and death in his hand. That kind of power is extraordinarily seductive.
America Needs To Recognize Fox-So-Called-News As Propaganda
By Thom Hartmann A...
Donald Trump arrived in London and immediately tweeted about how upset he was that he couldn't watch his beloved Fox News and attacked CNN.
Trade & Immigration - Trump's Re-Election Campaign Rolls Forward...
By Thom Hartmann A...
Donald Trump is basing his reelection on two primary issues: trade and immigration. At their core, both are being sold as jobs issues, and, historically, both have been. American workers know that employers have given many of their jobs to non-citizens who are willing to work cheaper.
