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New York University Professor Lisa Duggan talked about her book, Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed, on the life and political influence of the late author Ayn Rand.

David Rolf talked about his book The Fight for Fifteen: The Right Wage for a Working America, in which he looks at the movement to increase wages for workers. Mr. Wolf talked about the early…

Tariq Ali, author of The Extreme Centre, Medea Benjamin, author of Drone Warfare, and Chris Hedges, author of Wages of Rebellion, talked about capitalism and militarism. The panel was modera…

Chris Hedges, Cornel West, and Richard Wolff talked about the importance of Thomas Paine and his most influential works: Common Sense, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. This event wa…

Alexander Cockburn’s family and colleagues talked about the late journalist’s life and posthumously published book. A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption, And A…

Senator Al Franken gave a keynote address at the Netroots Nation annual conference. In his remarks he spoke about the Democratic legislative agenda and focused on the need to preserve networ…

A memorial was held for author and radio host Studs Terkel, who died on October 31, 2008, at the age of 96. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985, and is best rememb…

Laura Flanders talked about her book Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians, published by Penguin Press. In her book she argues that instead of rushing to the cent…

Robert Fisk read excerpts from his new book, The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East, published by Vintage. The book covers Mr. Fisk’s thirty years of reporting from …

Moderated by Laura Flanders, the national conference for journalism consisted of panel members discussing the topic, “Covering Corporate America.” Topics included many stories of their exper…

James Lardner talked about the book he co-edited Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences, published by New Press. He was joined by Meizhu L…

Ms. Flanders talked about her book, Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, published by Verso Books. In the book, the author examines the backgrounds of some of the women in the Bush admini…

The guests Hugh Hewitt, Host of the Hugh Hewitt Show, and Laura Flanders, Host of the Laura Flanders Show, discussed the presidential campaign, the candidates' military records, the Iraq War…

Laura Flanders, the Host of "Working Assets Radio", talked about various stories in the news and responded to viewer comments and questions.

Professor Chomsky discussed his book 9-11, published by Seven Stories Press. In the book, he examines the events of September 11, the historical precedents for it, and the long-term implicat…