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Thom explains how the government makes money off of the G.I. Bill.

Justin Sink, Staff Writer, The Hill talks with Clinton Yates, filling in for Bill Press about Edward Snowden's appearance on NBC and John Kerry's comments about Snowden coming home to "face the music."

An explosive new cover story in the June issue of The Atlantic magazine by the famed essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates has rekindled a national discussion on reparations for American slavery and institutional racism. Coates explores how slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and federally backed housing policy systematically robbed African Americans of their possessions and prevented them from accruing inter-generational wealth. Much of the essay focuses on predatory lending schemes that bilked potential African-American homeowners, concluding: "Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole."

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The legendary poet, playwright and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86. Born in the Jim Crow South, Angelou rose to become one of the world's most celebrated writers. After becoming an accomplished singer and actress, Angelou was deeply involved in the 1960s civil rights struggle, working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

This is a look at her poetry reading of "Still I Rise," and "On The Pulse of the Morning," at Bill Clinton's first inauguration.

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"We have to understand what [Bergdahl] was going through," says Charles Glass, a historian and former ABC News chief Middle East correspondent.. "The young person at the front line, having believed in his country's mission in Afghanistan and discovering it was not at all what he was told it was, and saw himself as part of the mechanism of oppression, of killing people, of going into villages, and when trying to take out enemy combatants was killing families. I hope that we'll understand what he went through and have compassion for him and his family."

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Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post Reporter talks with Sabrina Siddiqui, filling in for Bill Press about a potential scandal with VA hospitals. Reportedly, as many as 40 vets died while waiting for care, while the staff cooked the books to disguise wait times.

Thom Hartmann talks with Timothy Johnson, Researcher-Media Matters for America about research that debunks right wing claims that gun free policies attract crime.

Thom Hartmann talks with Robert Greenwald, Founder / President-Brave New Films about the updated edition of his movie.

Richard Clarke talks about the history of drones in the US and his concerns about President Obama's escalation of the drone war. "I think the [drone] program got out of hand," Clarke says. "The excessive secrecy is as counterproductive as some of the strikes are."

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