Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced last week that the US would help raise $100 billion a year to help fight climate change. Needless to say, this has the Republican Party in an uproar. They claim that we don’t have the money to commit to this climate fund, but as Mike Papantonio tells us on Fox News’ Bulls and Bears to tell us that the real cost we need to be concerned with is the cost of doing...
Read MoreWal-Mart wants to open up new stores in Chicago and, according to them, create thousands of new jobs for Chicago residents. The only thing standing in their way are unions who want the big box behemoth to commit to paying liveable wages to employees and offering benefits. The minimum wage jobs that the company offers won’t do much good for a family of 4 trying to get by, which Mike Papantonio points out in his latest appearance on Fox News’ Bulls and...
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Read MoreDuring the Bush administration, not a single piece of legislation to combat global warming was signed into law. As a result, the US lagged behind most other industrialized nations in curbing carbon emissions. But just this week we’ve seen major breakthroughs, with the EPA finally acknowledging that greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. talks about the changing tide, and whether or not we’ll be seeing the US take on a more prominent leadership role in the climate change arena with Congressman Ed Markey. RFK, Jr. and Rep. Ed Markey Discuss the Climate Bill: Part...
Read MoreThis week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern This week on Ring of Fire, America’s favorite populist, Jim Hightower will be here to tell us why Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of progressives. We’ll also be talking with author Ian Mitroff about how the government is trying to solve the wrong problems with our healthcare system. Comedian Matt Filipowicz will fill us in on all of the crazy antics of the GOP that happened over the last week. We’ll also be talking with Robert Weissman, the president of Public Citizen, about how the banking industry is filling up the campaign coffers of the Congressmen who are trying to reign in their industry. And investigative journalist Lizzy Ratner will be here to tell us how the young generation of Americans are feeling the effects of this recession much more severely than the rest of us. And don’t forget to join us on Facebook. Just click on the Facebook icon on the left side of our blog! Join our blog at...
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