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.

Listen to audio of the plenary sessions from the weekend.

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 Oct. 16, 2013 for week ending Oct. 25, 2013

"We're now debating things, we're worrying about things that we never worried about before. The reason that's happening is because the wealthiest people in America, the most powerful people in America spend a lot of money on campaigns, on lobbying, messaging and media to create a circumstance where what we talk about is what they want us to talk about. And that's a very unhealthy circumstance."

– Interview with John Nichols, Washington correspondent with the Nation magazine, on how fringe political groups – backed by wealthy conservative ideologues – are attempting to dominate public discourse and set their legislative agendas

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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Unregulated Money and Decline of Independent Journalism Empowered Fringe Groups to Close Federal Government

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Interview with John Nichols, Washington correspondent with the Nation Magazine, conducted by Scott Harris

With the government shutdown entering its third week and the threat of default on the national debt looming, Senate Democratic and Republican leaders came together to propose a deal, that if accepted by legislators in the GOP-controlled House, would fund the government through Jan. 15 and raise the nation's borrowing authority through Feb. 7. But members of the “Tea Party” faction in the House initially rejected the Senate solution to the crisis and were preparing to vote on their own proposal to end the political impasse. Story continues

In Midst of Government Shutdown, Immigration Rights Activists Continue to Pressure Congress to Adopt Comprehensive Immigration Reform

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Interview with Christian Ramírez, director of the U.S.-Mexico Border Program of AFSC, conducted by Scott Harris

Although the nation’s attention is focused on the political conflict in Washington that led to the government shutdown and concern about default resulting from inaction on raising the U.S. debt ceiling, immigrant rights activists continue to push for immigration reform legislation. Due to the shutdown, forward motion on most legislative efforts have been stalled, but eight members of Congress made the decision to be arrested with 200 other activists in front of the Capitol building on Oct. 8 in order to draw attention back to the immigration reform debate. Story continues

Health Hazards Fuel Opposition Against Wisconsin Taconite Mine

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Interview with Frank Koehn, president of the Penokee Hills Education Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

The largest proposed mine in the history of the state of Wisconsin has generated opposition across a broad spectrum of the state’s citizens. If given the green light, the iron ore mine in the Penokee Hills near Lake Superior would produce taconite, a mineral used in the steel-making industry. The project is being promoted by Gogebic Taconite, or G-TAC, a company whose owners made large campaign contributions to influential Wisconsin state legislators in their successful effort to change state law to allow the mine to proceed. These regulatory changes were made despite the fact that independent scientific analyses have shown the ore to be mined contains high levels of asbestos, a substance that when inhaled increases the risk of lung cancer, mesothelioma and other respiratory diseases including asbestosis. Story continues

This week’s summary of under-reported news

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Compiled by Bob Nixon

A year after she was shot in the head by the Taliban as she was sitting in a school bus, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teenager and advocate for girls’ education won the Sakharov Prize for free speech awarded by the European Parliament. During the same week, Malala released her memoir, and appeared with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. ("Malala Yousafzai wins European Human Rights Prize," The Guardian, Oct. 10, 2013; "Malala at the UN: the Taliban failed to silence me," CNN, July 12, 2013; "Girl shot by the Taliban appears at the UN," New York Times, July 12, 2013; "15 things you don’t know about Malala Yousafzai," Salon, Oct. 10, 2013)
Over the last two years, the United Nations estimates 40 million fewer people were chronically under-nourished across the globe, showing a slow but steady reduction in hunger and extreme poverty. Most of the progress came in South East Asia, especially in China and Vietnam, while hunger remains deeply embedded in sub-Saharan Africa. ("World hunger falls but bigger push needed to meet global goals, UN says," The Guardian, Oct. 1, 2013; "Hunger decreases, but unevenly, UN report," Inter Press News Service, Oct. 1, 2013; "Less hunger but not good enough," Inter Press News Service, Oct. 2, 2013)
Houston resident Sebastian Prevot knew he was in trouble as soon as police officers tried to pull him over for a minor late night traffic infraction - he had stopped just past the white line at a four-way stop sign. ("Cops are beating up an unarmed suspect almost every day in Houston," Texas Monthly, Sept. 10, 2013)

Recent Shows

October

Week Ending Oct. 18, 2013

Matthew Rothschild: Koch Brothers-Financed GOP Government Shutdown Hurts the Nation's Most Vulnerable
Brian Lutz: New Study Exposes the Staggering Environmental Cost of Mountaintop Removal Coal
Scott Nelson: McCutcheon v. FEC Case Before Supreme Court Could Further Erode Campaign Finance Reform Laws

Week Ending Oct. 11, 2013

Oliver Fein: Assessing Benefits and Shortfalls of the Affordable Care Act that Provoked Federal Government Shutdown
Reza Marashi: U.S. Responds Positively to Iran's Pursuit of a Diplomatic Breakthrough
Thilmeeza Hussain: Maldives Activist Says Democracy is Essential for Credible Leadership on Fighting Climate Change

Week Ending Oct. 4, 2013

Stephen Pimpare: U.S. Census: Despite Rising Corporate Profits, Poor and Middle-Class Income Remains Flat, Poverty Levels Stagnate
Jacqueline Patterson: International Women's Earth and Climate Summit Convenes to Draft Action Agenda
Ladd Everitt: Another Mass Casualty Shooting Underscores Need for More Restrictive Federal Gun Laws

September

Week Ending Sept. 27, 2013

Phyllis Bennis: Could U.S. - Russia Agreement on Assad's Chemical Weapons Lead to Negotiations to End Syria's Civil War?
Mattea Kramer: Increased Tax Breaks for Wealthy Diverts Money That Could Benefit Americans in Need
Richard Eskow: Record U.S. Income Inequality Result of Economic Policies Benefiting the 1%

Week Ending Sept. 20, 2013

Noam Chomsky: Noam Chomsky: Obama Threat Against Syria Based on Maintaining U.S. 'Credibility'
Richard Blumenthal: Congressional Compromise on Student Loans Tied to Financial Markets is Deeply Flawed
John Goodwin: King Amendment in Pending Congressional Farm Bill Would Repeal Many State Laws Protecting Animal Welfare

Week Ending Sept. 13, 2013

Francis Boyle: International Law Doesn't Condone Planned U.S. Intervention in Syrian Civil War
Jennifer Loewenstein: Essential Issues Americans Need to Know About Syria's Civil War
Garrett Serrels: Kids vs Global Warming Appeals Court Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Government Inaction on Climate Change

Week Ending Sept. 6, 2013

James Paul: After Alleged Chemical Attack, Obama Moves Toward "Cruise Missile Diplomacy" in Syria
Isaac Ontiveros: California Prisoner Hunger Strike Demanding End to Long-term Solitary Confinement Exceeds 50 Days
Michael Mariotte: TEPCO Incompetence in Managing 2-Year Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Demands Outside Intervention

August

Week Ending Aug. 30, 2013

Chris Toensing: Egypt's Military Executes Bloody Counterrevolution, as U.S. Stands Silent
Marc Mauer: Opportunity for Criminal Justice Reform Seen in Stop and Frisk Court Ruling and Department of Justice Sentencing Reductions
Daniel Ellsberg: Daniel Ellsberg Reflects on Bradley Manning Trial Verdict and Current U.S. Crackdown on Whistleblowers and Journalists

Week Ending Aug. 23, 2013

Kade Crockford: Civil Liberties Advocates Say Obama's Proposed NSA Surveillance Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough
Peter Hart: Amazon.com Billionaire's Purchase of Washington Post: Boosting Influence and "Monetizing" Journalism?
Vincent Mann: Native Americans Canoe Down Hudson River to Honor Past Treaties and Reclaim Their Sovereignty

Week Ending Aug. 16, 2013

Emad Mekay: Report: U.S. Gave Millions to Anti-Morsi Activists as Washington Says Egyptian Military Coup "Restored Democracy"
Ofer Neiman: New Round of Middle East Peace Talks Greeted with Skepticism and Concern
Amelia Adams: Low-Wage Workers Protest and Strike in Dozens of U.S. Cities, Demanding Living Wages and Union Rights

Week Ending Aug. 9, 2013

Nathan White: Closer Than Expected Vote in House to Defund NSA Dragnet Surveillance Shows Reform is Within Reach
Steve Norris: 2013 Walk for Our Grandchildren on Climate Change Sends Urgent Message: "Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground"
Myrna Perez: After Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act, Justice Department Challenges New Restrictive State Election Laws

Week Ending Aug. 2, 2013

Judith Brown Dianis: George Zimmerman's Acquittal in Trayvon Martin Murder Trial Provokes Nation to Confront Persistent Racism
Medea Benjamin: Movement Challenging Drone Surveillance and Warfare at Home and Abroad Gains Momentum
Rev. Rick Hoyt: Diverse Groups Join Lawsuit to Halt NSA Dragnet Surveillance of U.S. Citizens' Communications

July

Week Ending July 26, 2013

Miko Peled: Israeli War Hero's Son Challenges His Nation's Policies Toward Palestinians
Chuck Collins: Transition Movement Seeks to Build Community Resilience Amid Energy, Climate Change and Economic Crises
Frances Moore Lappé: New Mindset Needed to Effectively Protect Earth's Ecosystem

Week Ending July 19, 2013

James S. Henry: Report Finds Super Rich Around the World have Avoided Paying Taxes on More Than $21 Trillion of Hidden Wealth
Gar Alperovitz: Innovative, Democratic and Sustainable Economic Models Emerge as Viable Alternatives to America’s Current Failing System
Mark Hertsgaard: On Behalf of Their Children, Parents' Group Steps Up to Confront Generational Consequences of Climate Change

Week Ending July 12, 2013

Brenda Wright: Response to High Court's Gutting of Voting Rights Act: "Don't Mourn, Organize!"
Mathew Louis-Rosenberg: Fearless Summer: U.S. Climate Change Groups Escalate Anti-Fossil Fuels Campaign
Jeff Cohen: Beltway Corporate Media Elite Attack Fellow Journalists for Revealing Government Secrets

Week Ending July 5, 2013

Keith Rushing: Senate Approves Immigration Bill Amendment that will Further Militarize U.S.-Mexico Border
Shelly Altman: Middle East Peace Delegation Finds Diminishing Hope for Two-State Solution
Bartlett Naylor: Effort Now Underway in Congress to Restore Depression-Era Glass Steagall Banking Law

June

Week Ending June 28, 2013

Phyllis Bennis: President Obama's Decision to Arm Rebel Groups will Escalate, Not End Syria's Brutal Civil War
Norman Solomon: Beltway Pundits Vilify Edward Snowden, While Dismissing the Threat of the NSA's Surveillance Programs to Democracy He Exposed
Phil Smith: Miners Get the Shaft in Patriot Coal Bankruptcy, Suffer Major Cuts to Health and Pension Benefits

Week Ending June 21, 2013

Heidi Boghosian: NSA Leak: Massive Government Surveillance Condemned as Unconstitutional and Threat to a Free Society
Asli Bali: Pent-Up Grievances Against Authoritarian Rule Explode into Angry Protests Across Turkey
James Gustave Speth: James Gustave Speth: Survival Depends on Transition to a New, Sustainable Economy

Week Ending June 14, 2013

Chris Toensing: Escalation of Syrian Civil War Threatens Wider Regional Conflict
Michael Ratner: In Bradley Manning Trial, U.S. Government Strives to Intimidate Future Whistleblowers
Shahid Buttar: Critics Charge Obama Justice Department's Collection of Journalists' Phone Records Undermines Press Freedom

Week Ending June 7, 2013

Matt Southworth: President Obama's Counterterrorism Speech: A Path to Change or More Rhetoric?
Gerardo Reyes Chavez: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Pressure Wendy's to Sign Agreement Improving Florida Farmworkers' Wages and Conditions
Tim Franzen: Occupy Our Homes Protests Department of Justice's Failure to Prosecute Wall Street Bankers Responsible for Foreclosure Crisis

May

Week Ending May 31, 2013

Alex Seitz-Wald: The Real IRS Scandal: Urgent Need for Campaign Finance and Tax Code Reform
Timothy Karr: Media Activists Organize to Stop Koch Brothers' Takeover of Tribune Newspapers
Bill Freese: Monsanto Supreme Court Victory on GMO Seed Patent Strengthens Biotech Giants' Control of Agribusiness

Week Ending May 24, 2013

Mark Jaycox: Obama Administration Wiretaps Associated Press Reporters, Seeks New Rules to Make Internet Surveillance Easier
Carlos Warner: Guantanamo Defense Lawyer Says White House Action Can End Detainee Hunger Strike and Close the Controversial Prison Camp
Emma Cheuse: U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms EPA’s Authority to Revoke Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Permit

Week Ending May 17, 2013

Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader: President Obama’s Drone Warfare Program Violates U.S. and International Law
Sarah Anderson: Corporate CEOs Advocating Austerity Policies Receive Millions in Taxpayer-Subsidized Stock Options
Gar Alperovitz: Innovative, Democratic and Sustainable Economic Models Emerge as Viable Alternatives to America’s Current Failing System

Week Ending May 10, 2013

Charles Kernaghan: Garment Industry Sweatshop Conditions Led to Tragic Loss of Lives in Bangladesh Building Collapse
Elizabeth Nash: Anti-Abortion Activists Pass Dozens of Laws Restricting Reproductive Rights in GOP State Legislatures Across the U.S.
Alka Pradhan: Bipartisan Panel Finds U.S. Officials Authorized Torture of Post-9/11 Detainees

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