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Can Food Preparation Conveyor Belt Plastic Make Your Baby Fat?
Jul. 25, 2016 2:16 pm
By Thom Hartmann A...
According to a new study published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), a chemical commonly used in the food manufacturing process, can increase fat storage in the body even before birth.What happens in a musician's brain when they play a song?
Jul. 22, 2016 2:14 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Let's get geeky on music. Ever wonder what's happening in a musician's brain when they're actually playing a song?
What about when a musician starts improvising - starts playing music directly "off the cuff"?The WTO is harming Consumers
Jul. 21, 2016 3:02 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Here’s how...
The Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law was shot down by the WTO because they say COOL is a non-tariff barrier to free trade and it treats Canadian and Mexico’s products “unfair.”Trumpism is a Scam -- You’re Actually Voting for Mike Pence
Jul. 20, 2016 2:11 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... When he officially accepts the 2016 Republican nomination for president Thursday night, Donald Trump will do so as a different kind of Republican.
Or so the thinking goes.How a Bank Robber is Right on Taxes
Jul. 19, 2016 2:58 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... It's been nearly eight years since the 2008 global recession devastated the budgets of state and local governments across the country - and our lawmakers have explored every possible way to raise money except for raising taxes on corporations and our richest citizens.Big Pharma Feels the Bern
Jul. 18, 2016 2:23 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... Ever since Reagan, conservatives have been telling us about welfare queens.
The way they put it, there are thousands of undeserving poor people in this country right now bilking taxpayers for all they’re worth all while you and me are sweating out a hard day’s work.
And here’s the thing: conservatives are right.Raising the D.C. minimum wage to $15 by 2020 would lift wages for 114,000 working people
Jul. 15, 2016 2:25 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... A proposed ballot initiative would gradually raise Washington DC's minimum wage to $15 by mid-2020.
It would also help tipped workers, such as waiters and bartenders, eventually get paid the full minimum wage, instead of the $2.77 subminimum wage.Time to Rein in the Robber Barons Again
Jul. 14, 2016 2:29 pmBy Thom Hartmann A... I'm going to let you on a little secret about many of the CEOs of America's largest companies: the biggest decision that they make these days, is how best to divvy up the wealth that they've stolen from America's working families and middle class.
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At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)
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From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"If you wonder why and when giant corporations got the power to reign supreme over us, here’s the story."
