Tag Archive: History

Why the Afghanistan Papers Are an Eerie Reminder of Vietnam

Released for Syndication: 12/10/2019

Noam Chomsky recently celebrated his 91st birthday. As an homage to Noam, I spent the day with one of his lesser-known books—The Backroom Boys...

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Is It Time to Regulate or Nationalize Facebook?

Released for Syndication: 12/09/2019

I was oblivious to the real significance of Facebook in everyday life until the company disabled my personal, private thomhartmann account. The list of...

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Documenting a Cultural Genocide in the United States

Released for Syndication: 12/03/2019

“Dawnland” is a must-see documentary on PBS’s Independent Lens.

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Why Have No Republicans Turned On Trump?

Released for Syndication: 12/03/2019

It’s all about the bucks, in this post-Citizens United America.

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Will America’s Billionaires Start a Second Civil War to Protect Their Wealth and Power?

Released for Syndication: 11/21/2019

The current issue of the Atlantic magazine, founded itself in the years just before the Civil War, is ominously titled, “How to Stop a...

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Shall We Wait Another Century Before Giving African Americans Reparations?

Released for Syndication: 10/30/2019

Amid revived calls for reparations to benefit the descendants of United States slavery, reports have emerged recently that experts have found the wrecked slave...

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