Award-winning Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018)

Award-winning investigative journalist and founder/editor of ConsortiumNews.com, Robert Parry has passed away. His ground-breaking work uncovering Reagan-era dirty wars in Central America and many other illegal and immoral policies conducted by successive administrations and U.S. intelligence agencies, stands as an inspiration to all in journalists working in the public interest.

Robert had been a regular guest on our Between The Lines and Counterpoint radio shows -- and many other progressive outlets across the U.S. over four decades.

His penetrating analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international conflicts will be sorely missed, and not easily replaced. His son Nat Parry writes a tribute to his father: Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews.

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The Resistance Starts Now!

Between The Lines' coverage and resource compilation of the Resistance Movement

"The man who predicted Trump presidential win now says Trump impeachment could happen," AM Joy with Joy Reid, MSNBC, Jan. 21, 2018
"Sketchy Kazakh money finds its way into Trump dealings," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
"Red flags seen in many Trump real estate deals," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
"Secret Money: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers," BuzzFeed, Jan. 12, 2018
"The Scandals of Donald Trump: Presidential Edition," The Atlantic, May 15, 2017
"Here's what we know so far about Team Trump's ties to Russian interests," Washington Post's ongoing compilation
"What Comey Was Investigating, Explained," The Moscow Project, Center for American Progress

"Donald Trump's Financial Ties to Russian Oligarchs and Mobsters Detailed In Explosive New Documentary from the Netherlands," Dutch TV documentary, Alternet.org, May 12, 2017
Ongoing compilation of Trump's creeping authoritarianism," MotherJones.com
Full resource list ...

SPECIAL REPORT: "The Resistance - Women's March 2018 - Hartford, Connecticut" Jan. 20, 2018

Selected speeches from the Women's March in Hartford, Connecticut 2018, recorded and produced by Scott Harris

SPECIAL REPORT: "No Fracking Waste in CT!" Jan. 14, 2018

Jen Siskind Jennifer Siskind, local coordinator for Food and Water Watch, describes the campaign to stop fracking waste in Connecticut, which so far has led to fracking waste bans in 34 towns around the state. Interviewed by Richard Hill on Mic Check, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT

SPECIAL REPORT: "Resistance Round Table: The Unraveling Continues..." Jan. 13, 2018

Lindsay Kanaly The panel discusses Trump's long history of racism and the Republican voter suppression juggernaut confronting Democrats leading up to the 2018 elections. Special guest: Lindsay Kanaly, a lead organizer of the Women's Marches planned for Jan. 20, 2018. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill on Resistance Roundtable, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT.

SPECIAL REPORT: "Capitalism to the ash heap?" Richard Wolff, Jan. 2, 2018

Richard Wolff, Economics professor Richard Wolff declares U.S. capitalism to be beyond repair and suggests the need for a radical alternative. Interviewed by Richard Hill

SPECIAL REPORT: Maryn McKenna, author of "Big Chicken", Dec. 7, 2017

Maryn McKenna, investigative journalist and author of Big Chicken, talks about the widespread use and dangers of antibiotics in commercial poultry, beef and fruit production. Interview by Bill Duesing, Richard Hill and Guy Beardsly on WPKN's Organic Farm Stand.

SPECIAL REPORT: Nina Turner's address, Working Families Party Awards Banquet, Dec. 14, 2017

Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution, talks about the fight ahead for progressives as she receives the Working Families Organization Award for Exceptional Leadership Towards Advancing Progress. The event was held in Meriden, CT. Produced by Richard Hill.

SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Dec. 12, 2017

Working Families Party of CT talks strategy and issues for 2018.
Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Working Families Party of Connecticut, discusses the state's electoral landscape and lays out the issues and strategies that could lead to progressive victories in 2018. Interviewed by Richard Hill.

SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Dec. 9, 2017

Disturbing developments in the Trump/Republican Agenda
Focus on the tax bill, destruction of our public lands, North Korea and Trump's private CIA. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill. Special guest: Jo Macallero of Rise and Resist.

SPECIAL REPORT: On Tyranny - one year later, Nov. 28, 2017

Professor Timothy Snyder, author of the highly acclaimed resistance manual On Tyranny, discusses his book and offers a fresh assessment of the state of our beleaguered republic. Timothy Snyder, history professor at Yale, is introduced by Stanley Heller, administrator of Promoting Enduring Peace, a Connecticut-based organization that sponsored this event at the United Church Parish House in New Haven on Nov. 28. A brief interview with Snyder conducted by WPKN radio producer, Richard Hill, follows his talk.

SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Nov. 12, 2017

Lynne Ide, director of program and policy with the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, talks about the current state of health care coverage in Connecticut. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Nov. 11, 2017

Focus on the Republican tax plan, the just-released autopsy on the Democratic Party, and Internet censorship by Google, Facebook and Youtube. Including an interview with Hilary Grant, a lead organizer with Action Together Connecticut, who discusses the local results of the recent election, with hosts Richard Hill, Scott Harris and Ruth Baumgartner WPKN producers

SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017

Two leaders from Redneck Revolt, an anti-racist, anti-capitalist movement, talk about their work organizing with white working class people in Suffolk County, New York. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017

Bruce Gagnon, coordinator for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, describes the extent of -- and motives underlying -- the vast US network of military bases around the globe. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Resisting U.S. JeJu Island military base in South Korea, Oct. 24, 2017

Joyakol, South Korean peace activist and singer, discusses the crisis on the Korean peninsula and focuses on the resistance to the U.S. huge military base being constructed on Jeju Island. The event was sponsored by the Greater New Haven Peace Council and this audio was recorded by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.
Joyakol discusses Americans' biggest misconceptions about the conflict between North and South Korea and the U.S., Interview by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.

SPECIAL REPORT: John Allen, Out in New Haven

John Allen, founding director of the New Haven Pride Center, Connecticut, talks about his new LGBTQ television show, Out in New Haven, which presents a range of political and cultural issues to the community. Interviewed by Richard Hill on WPKN's Rainy Day Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018.

2017 Gandhi Peace Awards

Promoting Enduring Peace presented its Gandhi Peace Award jointly to renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader and BDS founder Omar Barghouti on April 23, 2017.

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For those who missed the event, or were there and really wanted to fully absorb its import, here it is in video

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Between The Lines Presentation at the Left Forum 2016

"How Do We Build A Mass Movement to Reverse Runaway Inequality?" with Les Leopold, author of "Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice,"May 22, 2016, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, 860 11th Ave. (Between 58th and 59th), New York City. Between The Lines' Scott Harris and Richard Hill moderated this workshop. Listen to the audio/slideshows and more from this workshop.

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JEREMY SCAHILL: Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker "Dirty Wars"

Listen to the full interview (30:33) with Jeremy Scahill, an award-winning investigative journalist with the Nation Magazine, correspondent for Democracy Now! and author of the bestselling book, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," about America's outsourcing of its military. In an exclusive interview with Counterpoint's Scott Harris on Sept. 16, 2013, Scahill talks about his latest book, "Dirty Wars, The World is a Battlefield," also made into a documentary film under the same title, and was nominated Dec. 5, 2013 for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category.

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Posted May 1, 2013 for week ending May 10, 2013

"These young people, 80 percent of them young women, they work thirteen and a half, fourteen and a half hours a day ... in the factory 90 to 100 hours a week. ... The younger people get 12 cents an hour, junior sewers get 22 cents an hour, senior workers 26 cents. You're talking about the lowest wages in the world. "

– Charles Kernaghan, director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, on the illegal 8-story factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh, killing over 400 garment workers that provide apparel for major Western retailers such as Dress Barn, Primark, Walmart and others.

Listen to the entire program using these links, or to individual interviews via the links appearing prior to each segment description below.

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Garment Industry Sweatshop Conditions Led to Tragic Loss of Lives in Bangladesh Building Collapse

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Interview with Kernaghan, director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, conducted by Scott Harris

Five days after the April 24 collapse of Rana Plaza, an illegally constructed eight-story building that housed five garment factories and a shopping mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh, government officials suspended rescue efforts. While nearly 400 bodies have been pulled from the rubble, an estimated 1,000 people who were inside the building at the time of the collapse are still missing, which could bring the death toll to near 1,400. Story continues

Anti-Abortion Activists Pass Dozens of Laws Restricting Reproductive Rights in GOP State Legislatures Across the U.S.

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Interview with Nash, state issues manager with the Guttmacher Institute, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

Over the past few months, many states controlled by a Republican governor and legislature seem to be in a race to see who can craft the most restrictive abortion laws. The winner as of now is North Dakota, which passed a law limiting abortions to the first six weeks of pregnancy. So far 10 states have passed bans after 20 weeks; 7 have gone into effect, while 3 – in Georgia, Idaho and Arizona – are being challenged in federal court. Story continues

Bipartisan Panel Finds U.S. Officials Authorized Torture of Post-9/11 Detainees

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Interview with Pradhan, counsel to the Constitution Project's bipartisan Task Force on Detainee Treatment, conducted by Scott Harris

Just days before President Obama joined four former U.S. presidents to celebrate the opening of George W. Bush’s Presidential Library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, the Constitution Project released a report detailing the findings of a two-year independent investigation into the abuse of U.S.-held detainees in the years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The group’s bipartisan 11-member Task Force on Detainee Treatment, led by two retired members of Congress, Republican Asa Hutchinson, and Democrat, James R. Jones, concluded that “American intelligence and military personnel used interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, that in many instances constituted torture.” Story continues

This week’s summary of under-reported news

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Compiled by Bob Nixon

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, allied with the Muslim Brotherhood, is facing pressure to reduce domestic food subsidies in order to win a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. ("Egypt street vendors, store owners say Morsi is bad for business," Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2013; "Short of money, Egypt sees crisis on fuel and food," New York Times, March 30, 2013)
Three months after Cuban President Raul Castro eased restrictions on Cubans traveling abroad, the Miami Herald reports an increasing number of Cubans are obtaining travel visas to visit the United States – or going through countries such as Mexico, to make their way to America. ("Number of Cuban migrants to the U.S. believed to be rising," Miami Herald, April 21, 2013)
The massive explosion at West Fertilizer Co. plant in Texas on April 17 that killed 15, most of the victims being firefighters or rescue workers, exposed a regulatory black hole around plant safety. The fertilizer factory stored 270 tons of ammonium nitrate, the material Timothy McVeigh used to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995. ("What went wrong in West, Texas—and where were the regulators," ProPublica, April 25, 2013; "Texas plant may not have been inspected in years, despite risks," Mother Jones, April 19, 2013; "Why didn’t 24,000 tons of ammonium nitrate at West plant raise concerns?" Dallas Morning News, April 23, 2013; "Texas explosion: government shared info for anti-terrorism, but not for workplace safety," In These Times, April 25, 2013)

Recent Shows

May

Week Ending May 3, 2013

Terry Kay Rockefeller: Sister of 9/11 Victim Urges Nonviolent Response to Boston Marathon Bombing
Ladd Everitt: U.S. Senate's Failure to Pass Universal Gun Background Check Bill Moves Battle to 2014 Election Campaign
Bill McKibben: New Global Movement Now Waging Humanity's Most Important Struggle – to Confront Climate Change

April

Week Ending April 26, 2013

Michael Hudson: Investigation Exposes Companies and Individuals in Secretive Global Offshore Banking Network
Adam Green: Progressive Campaign Group Threatens Primary Challenges to Congressional Democrats Supporting President Obama’s Social Security Cuts
Diane Polan: Mistrial in New Haven Police Assault Case Underscores Nation's Ongoing Racial Divide

Week Ending April 19, 2013

Omar Farah: Indefinite Detention Without Charge or Trial Triggers Widespread Guantanamo Prisoner Hunger Strike
Eric Kingson: Progressives Organize to Stop President Obama's Proposed Social Security and Medicare Benefit Cuts
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal Nadine Unger and Anthony Leiserowitz: Yale University Forum Debates Natural Gas Boom's Impact on Climate Change

Week Ending April 12, 2013

Thalia Zepatos: As Supreme Court Considers Two Landmark Same Sex Marriage Cases, LGBT Activists Consider Their Response
Ellen Brown: Cyprus Banking Bailout Plan Provokes Fears of Confiscation of Depositor Funds in US and UK
Rev. Samuel Saylor: After Sandy Hook, Urban and Suburban Parents of Gun Violence Victims Make Common Cause to Pass Gun Safety Laws

Week Ending April 5, 2013

Josh Ruebner: President Obama's Israel/Palestine Visit Will Yield Little Unless U.S. Pressures Israel to Halt Settlement Expansion
Ray McGovern: Retired CIA Officer Reflects on Iraq War Architects' Motives and Lack of Accountability, 10 Years Later
Seth Gladstone: Environmental Movement Divided on Negotiating Voluntary Fracking Standards with Energy Industry

March

Week Ending March 29, 2013

Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Campaigns to Increase Federal Minimum Wage to 1968 Level
Paul Corbit Brown and Elise Keaton: Activists Educate Public on the Destruction of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Robert Parry: Questions Linger on the Conduct of Newly Named Pope Francis During Argentina's Brutal Military Dictatorship

Week Ending March 22, 2013

Gregory Wilpert: Assessing the Legacy of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
Terry O'Neill: Austerity Budget Cuts Disproportionately Affect Women
Craig Scott Rosebraugh: New Documentary Film Investigates the Influence of Big Oil on U.S. Climate Policy

Week Ending March 15, 2013

David Gans: Supreme Court Challenge to 1965 Voting Rights Act Ignores Present Day Pattern of Voter Discrimination
Michelle Alexander: U.S. Drug War's Mass Incarceration Provokes New Jim Crow Era
Nathan Fuller: Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty to 10 Charges, Explains Motive for Release of Classified Government Documents to WikiLeaks

Week Ending March 8, 2013

Lisa Graves: Investigation Reveals Interests Behind Astroturf "Fix the Debt" Campaign to Slash Nation's Social Safety Net
Jackie Thomas: Tar Sands Opponents Form Cross-Border Alliance to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
Chris Hebdon: Planned Pentagon-Funded Yale Research Project Mobilizes Opposition from Campus and Community

Week Ending March 1, 2013

Sam Pizzigati: Obama's Second Term Agenda Falls Short on Addressing U.S. Economic Inequality
Eleanor Fairchild and Van Jones: Washington D.C. Climate Change Protest Demands Obama Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
Leslie Cagan Bill Fletcher: Activists Reflect on 10th Anniversary of Feb. 15, 2003 Global Day of Protest to Prevent Iraq War

February

Week Ending Feb. 22, 2013

Brett Kaufman: Leaked Memo and John Brennan Confirmation Hearing Spur Opposition to U.S. Drone Program Targeting U.S. Citizens
Carl J. Mayer: Appeals Court Hears Challenge to NDAA Government Power to Indefinitely Detain U.S. Citizens
Marty Isaac: In Newtown Massacre Aftermath, Grassroots Movement Campaigns to Strengthen Connecticut Gun Laws

Week Ending Feb. 15, 2013

Maegan Ortiz: Punitive Action a Major Feature of 2013 Proposed Immigration Reform Legislation
Rita Nakashima Brock: "Moral Injury" a Key Factor in Rising Suicide Rates Among U.S. Veterans
Martin Smith: "The Untouchables": Frontline Investigates Why the Federal Government Failed to Prosecute Wall Street Bankers Over Financial Crash

Week Ending Feb. 8, 2013

Phyllis Bennis: Status Quo Wins in Israel's Elections: Prospects Dim for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Revival
Melinda Tuhus: Portland, Maine Protest Opposes Plans to Pump Tar Sands Oil from Canada to New England, Largest to Date in Northeast
Alexis Tsipras: Greek Left Coalition Leader Challenges Austerity Politics in Greece, Europe and the World

Week Ending Feb. 1, 2013

Medea Benjamin: U.S. Drone Strikes Breed Hatred; Serve as Recruitment Tool for America’s Enemies
Dylan Voorhees: Campaign Opposing Canadian Tar Sands Oil Comes to New England
Tim Sullivan: “State of the Dream 2013" Report Finds Racial Wealth Divide Fueled by Housing Crash

January

Week Ending Jan. 25, 2013

Norman Solomon: House Progressive Caucus Enables Obama's Concessions to Tea Party GOP Demands
Glen Collins: Keystone XL Pipeline Protests Part of Wider Movement Opposing Fossil Fuel Extraction Industry
Eva Golinger: Opposition Reacts to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s Grave Health Situation With Demand for New Election

Week Ending Jan. 18, 2013

Richard Eskow: White House–Congressional Fiscal Cliff Deal Comes at High Price
Hillary Haldane: Violence Against Women, Stigmatization of Victims Persists Across Cultures
Heather Benno: FBI Documents Confirm Government Collaborated with Big Banks to Spy on Occupy Wall Street Movement

Week Ending Jan. 11, 2013

Lori Wallach: Secretly Negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Treaty Prioritizes Corporate Power over Governments
Paul Anastas: West Antarctica Climate Now Warming Three Times Faster Than Global Average, New Report Finds
Josh Stearns: FCC Rules Change Would Further Consolidate Media Ownership, Reduce Diversity

Week Ending Jan. 4, 2013

Lisa Graves: Unholy Alliance: The Disturbing Relationship Between the NRA and ALEC
Matt Wall: Progressive Legislators/Activists Oppose Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Proposal to Cut Social Security Benefits
Justin Mazzola: Amnesty International Continues to Work for Release of Imprisoned Native American Activist Leonard Peltier

December

Week Ending Dec. 28, 2012

Joshua Horwitz: Will the Slaughter of the Innocents in Newtown, Conn. be a Catalyst for Stricter Gun Laws?
Michael Moore: Michael Moore, Award-winning Director of "Bowling for Columbine," Reflects on Newtown Massacre and America’s Culture of Violence
Eric LeCompte: Why Closing Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Should Play a Key Role in Fiscal Cliff Budget Negotiations

Week Ending Dec. 21, 2012

Glenn Greenwald: Civil Liberties Erosion in President Obama’s Second Term Will Continue Unless Citizens Mobilize
Jamie Henn: Climate Change Divestment Campaign Pressures Universities to Divest Their Fossil Fuel Stocks
Frank Hammer: Labor Rights Under Attack Again: Michigan, the Birthplace of U.S. Labor Movement, Adopts "Right to Work" Law

Week Ending Dec. 14, 2012

John Quigley: Defying U.S. and Israel, UN Votes to Recognize Palestine as "Nonmember Observer State"
Alex Lawson: Progressive Coalition Draws Line in Sand to Protect Social Safety Net Programs in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Cherri Foytlin: Motivated by Concern for her Children's Future, Louisiana Mother of 6 Makes Journey as Climate Change Activist

Week Ending Dec. 7, 2012

Cindy and Craig Corrie: Slain Peace Activist Rachel Corrie's Parents Reflect on Gaza Visit Just Before Recent Cross-Border Violence
Joe Lovett: Facing Lawsuit, Patriot Coal Company Agrees to Phase Out Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
David Bacon: Nationwide Walmart Workers' Strike Defies Retail Giant's Anti-Union Intimidation Tactics

November

Week Ending Nov. 30, 2012

Phyllis Bennis: Israeli Occupation and Blockade is Root Cause of Gaza Conflict
Max Richtman: Labor, Progressive Groups Call on Obama to Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid During "Fiscal Cliff" Negotiations
Pablo Benson-Silva: Occupy Sandy Relief Effort Connects Dots Between Wall Street Greed and Nation's Climate Change Paralysis

Week Ending Nov. 23, 2012

Bill Fletcher Jr.: After Delivering Critical Votes for Obama and Democrats, Labor Now Moves on Post-Election Agenda
Terry O'Neill: Republican "War on Women" Provokes Backlash at Polls and Key Victories for Progressive Candidates
Sally Bingham: California Launches Landmark Cap-and-Trade Program with Auction of Greenhouse Gas Pollution Permits

Week Ending Nov. 16, 2012

John Nichols: Progressive Gains in U.S. Senate Defy Pundits' Declaration of "Status Quo" Election
Nick Nyhart: In Wake of Record-Breaking Spending in 2012 Election Campaign, Public May be Ready to Demand Reform
Joy Gordon: Iran's Civilians Bear Brunt of International Sanctions

Week Ending Nov. 9, 2012

Frederick Clarkson: The Christian Right's Prominent Role in GOP Exposed by Their Candidates' Extremist Views on "Rape"
Daniel Kessler: In Aftermath of Devastating "Frankenstorm" Climate Change Group Launches Divestment Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Industry
Eric Boehlert: Media Focus on Election Polls and Gaffes Crowd Out Substantive Coverage of Critical Issues

Week Ending Nov. 2, 2012

Judy Bello: Code Pink Delegation in Pakistan Stands in Solidarity with U.S. Drone Attack Victims
Diana Buttu and Saleh Abdal Jawad: Testimony Before Russell Tribunal Focuses on U.S., U.N. Role in Israel's 45-Year Occupation of Palestine
Greg Palast: The Theft of Millions of Votes Could Determine Outcome of 2012 Senate and Presidential Elections

October

Week Ending Oct. 26, 2012

Bill Hartung: Critical U.S. Foreign Policy Questions Absent from Major Party Presidential Debates
Jesse Lava: "Koch Brothers Exposed": Film Documentary Examines Right-Wing Groups, Causes Supported by Multi-Billionaires David and Charles Koch
Chuck Nelson: Longtime Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining Opponent Larry Gibson Remembered by Activists and Friends

Week Ending Oct. 19, 2012

Mark Weisbrot: Venezuela's Poor Deliver Hugo Chavez Re-Election Victory
Cindy Corrie: Slain Peace Activist Rachel Corrie's Parents Carry on Struggle for Peace and Justice in her Name
Rocky Anderson: Rocky Anderson Runs for President Challenging Plutocracy and the "Corrupt" Major Party Duopoly

Week Ending Oct. 12, 2012

Marge Baker: Future of Supreme Court Ideological Composition Hinges on Presidential Election
George Farah: Critics Demand Full Disclosure of Secret Party Contracts Governing Presidential Debates
Ron Seifert: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Construction in Texas Target of Nonviolent, Civil Disobedience Actions

Week Ending Oct. 5, 2012

Jamal Abdi: As U.S. Election Nears, Rising Tensions with Iran Pose Risk of Miscalculation and War
Ben Beachy: Critics Decry Secrecy, Corporate Access to Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Negotiations
Drew Kukorowski: Campaign Pressures FCC to Roll Back Exorbitant Expense of Prison Phone Calls

September

Week Ending Sept. 28, 2012

Chris Toensing: In Anti-Islam Film Uproar, Militant Groups Exploit Decades-old Grievances Against U.S.
Marjorie Cohn: Court Ruling Challenges U.S. Government’s Right to Indefinitely Detain Terrorist Suspects and Supporters
Ann Wright: On 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Movement, Activists Block Business as Usual in New York's Financial District

Week Ending Sept. 21, 2012

John Feffer: Critics Separate Rhetoric from Reality in Obama's "Hope and Change" Foreign Policy
Kevin Alexander Gray: In Appealing to Middle Class Voters, Obama and Democrats Ignore Rising Levels of Poverty
Bill Duesing: Stanford University Study Ignores Key Reasons Why People Buy Organic Foods

Week Ending Sept. 14, 2012

Steve Early: U.S. Labor Movement Faces Choice of "Lesser Evils" in Coming Presidential Election
Peter Hart: Corporate Media Fails to Separate Fact from Fiction at GOP Convention
Michael Hendryx: Recent Health Studies Point to Link Between Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining and Human Illness