Republican-controlled legislatures in several states have come up with a novel way to stem the effects of an ongoing labor shortage: loosen child labor laws governing the number of hours and times that teenagers are allowed to work.

When you fall asleep and start dreaming, you're actually doing very important work. According to sleep scientist Matt Walker, dreams act like a form of "overnight therapy." In fact, your dreams may even boost your ability to solve problems and process tough emotions that affect your waking life.

Now We Know Who Is Paying Off Marjorie Green & Do They Really Think the "Free Market" Will Protect Worker Safety?

The GOP chose the classic tactic of tyrants throughout history; lie to the people no matter how many die as a result. The deadly reason Fox News' talking heads are calling Fauci "Doctor Mengele"

Unless we stop corporate greed, we are going to see new COVID variants every year. But vaccine Vaccine producers are blocking underdeveloped countries from using their vaccine so Pfizer and Moderna can make super profits. Lori Wallach from Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch joins Thom Hartmann to discuss.

How the Abortion Ruling Could Have Much Broader Affect on Liberty. Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned on Wednesday that overturning abortion rights would leave a "stench" that might destroy the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court.

-- National Progressive Townhall Meeting - Congressman Mark Pocan

Moderna CEO announced that the vaccines are likely no match for the Omicron variant. Will we be facing another lockdown and how will Americans cope with the divisiveness around.

Lauren Boebert's blatantly Islamophobic 'joke' against Ilhan Omar is the latest in the long history of the GOP embracing Anit-Muslim hatred.

The last thing that should happen in America is that a political party would choose to use racial or religious hatred as a primary tool to win elections, inching America ever closer to more bloodshed

-- Revealed: The Racist Plot To Tear America Apart (1)

Democracy has a big problem isn't in Congress... it is in YOUR state capitol. David Pepper joins Thom Hartmann to discuss the laboratories of Autocracy the rich and the GOP are creating in your state capitol.

Around 1 in 10 lung transplants in the United States now go to COVID-19 patients, according to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing. This trend is raising questions about the ethics of allocating a scarce resource to people who have chosen not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Should the Unvaccinated Be Last In Llne for Covid Necessitated Transplants?

We once celebrated those who pushed back against greed, from Dickens’ Christmas Carol to the Grinch: we must condemn greed and again celebrate community, love & selflessness.

Is Betrayal of Biden & Democracy a Done Deal?