I appeared on “The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann” last night to talk about the disappearance of Ana Alliegro, who is tied to a wannabe Democratic primary candidate and Rep. David Rivera (R-FL), who the eventual winner of that primary is set to face in November. Alliegro disappeared after her…
Gloria Steinem, feminist author, activist and co-founder of the Women’s Media Center, said Monday during an interview with progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann that she’s rooting for Chicago’s teachers, who this week embarked on their first major strike in 25 years. “I have no role in this strike,” she…
In a segment broadcast Monday night, progressive talk host Thom Hartmann doubled down on the true threat of climate change, explaining the oceanic biology that underpins all life on planet Earth, then highlighting how Republicans at nearly every level of government are leading the charge to crush it. The situation…
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said Monday that the tepid response to the current economic crisis could ruin the United States and Europe. “We are living through a time where we face an enormous economic challenge,” he told RT’s Thom Hartmann. “We are facing —…
On Russia Today TV’s The Big Picture Thursday, progressive radio host Thom Hartmann confronted Family Research Institute chairman Dr. Paul Cameron and asked him an unusually pointed question: “Does it concern you that many of your colleagues in the anti-gay movement may actually be closeted gays?” “Um, no,” Cameron replied.…
Thom Hartmann of Russia Today interviewed Maggie Gallagher, founder and former head of the National Organization for Marriage, after a federal court upheld the right of same sex couples to marry in California. NOM was formed to support Proposition 8, California’s 2008 ban on same sex marriage. The group is…
Using a series of colored blocks, Russia Today’s progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann explained this week how just 147 corporations run the entire global economy. Spurred on by a recent study titled “The capitalist network runs the world,” The Big Picture host showed how there are harmful clusters of…
Naomi Klein, a reporter whose work has been featured in Rolling Stone, The Atlantic and The Guardian, among others, as well as in her best-selling books “Shock Doctrine” and “No Logo,” has been reporting on today’s key activist causes: Occupy Wall Street and the Keystone Pipeline. Klein sat down for…
On his radio show yesterday, progressive radio host Thom Hartmann spoke with populist Texas writer Jim Hightower about Gov. Rick Perry and the troubling tale of Cameron Willingham, a man who was “almost certainly” innocent, yet still was put to death. “This guy really puts the goober in gubernatorial,” Hightower…