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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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 ...
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
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
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
SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017
SPECIAL REPORT: Resisting U.S. JeJu Island military base in South Korea, Oct. 24, 2017
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.
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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who helped make our 25th anniversary with Jeremy Scahill a success!
For those who missed the event, or were there and really wanted to fully absorb its import, here it is in video
Jeremy Scahill keynote speech, part 1 from PROUDEYEMEDIA on Vimeo.
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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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This Week on Between The Lines
Posted Dec. 25, 2013 for week ending Jan. 3, 2014
"They really push a corporate-backed agenda and that runs from undermining workers rights by pushing so-called 'right to work' laws in states – and so-called 'paycheck protection,' to undermining environmental protections and regulations – to trying to tear down public education and replace it with a for-profit model there, as well as in every sector."
–Interview with Rebekah Wilce, reporter and researcher with Center for Media and Democracy, on the State Policy Network's corporate agenda
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Interview with Rebekah Wilce, reporter and researcher with the Center for Media and Democracy, conducted by Scott Harris
When researchers at the Center for Media and Democracy and investigative reporters scratched beneath the surface of legislative campaigns in many states pushing “Stand your Ground” gun laws, measures to make it more difficult for Democratic Party constituency groups to vote and other conservative initiatives, they found ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC brings together state legislators and corporations which launch coordinated efforts to rewrite state laws by producing model bills that are then proposed, debated and voted on in state capitals around the U.S. Since the murder of Trayvon Martin in Florida and widespread controversy focusing on ALEC-sponsored voter suppression legislation, ALEC has lost both corporate members and donors.
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Excerpt of speech by Hope Metcalf, director of the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus
Prison solitary confinement is considered a form of torture and prohibited under the Geneva Conventions, which the U.S. initiated and has signed onto. Yet, the U.S. has employed various degrees of segregation in prisons, both at Guantanamo Bay and inside America's prison system. The National Religious Campaign Against Torture has taken up this issue, and in mid-December, the Washington, D.C.-based organization held a public forum in New Haven, Conn., presenting an update on the treatment of the prisoners remaining at Guantanamo. Hope Metcalf, another speaker at the event, is director of the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale University Law School and a lecturer there.
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Interview with Craig Aaron, president and CEO of the media reform group Free Press, conducted by Scott Harris
With President Obama’s appointment of new FCC Commissioner Tom Wheeler and the Senate’s unanimous confirmation of his nomination to become the agency’s chairman on Oct. 29, the era of outgoing FCC Chair Julius Genachowski came to a close. Genachowski had been criticized by media reform democracy groups for cheerleading many communications industry actions, often to the detriment of consumers. Although Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008, pledging to strengthen net neutrality protections for Internet users, Genachowski often caved into pressure from telecom giants like AT&T and Comcast, rejecting tough regulations, supporting instead weaker rules with corporate friendly loopholes.
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- Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, half the Christian population of that war torn nation has fled the violence, intimidation and death threats. ("What the Middle East Would Be Like Without Christians," Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 16, 2013)
- Twenty years after the demise of South Africa’s racist Apartheid regime, access to land is still a hot topic. ("Erasing Apartheid’s legacy," Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 3, 2013)
- Socialist college professor Kshama Sawant’s election to the Seattle City Council is a minor milestone for left-wing political parties in the U.S.("Can socialist win elections in the U.S." In These Times, Dec. 9, 2013)
Recent Shows
December
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Stephen F. Cohen: Roiled by Protests, Divided Ukraine Weighs Future Trade Relations with EU and Russia
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Mark Colville: Civil Disobedience Action Against U.S. Drone Warfare Program Confronted by Clampdown on Dissent
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Laura MacCleery: House-Senate Budget Agreement Continues Austerity Policies Targeting Working Families
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John C. Philo: Federal Court Ruling on Detroit Bankruptcy Jeopardizes Public Employee Pensions Nationally
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Johanna Rivera: Dams Along Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Create Water Crisis in Iraq
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Robert Parry: On the Wrong Side of History: Ronald Reagan's Embrace of Apartheid South Africa and Condemnation of Nelson Mandela
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Dan Beeton: Alleging Fraud, Candidate Demands Vote Recount in Honduras Presidential Election
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Hands Off Appalachia: Direct Action Protest Hits Swiss Bank UBS for Role in Financing Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
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Todd Gitlin: Divestment Campaign Targeting Fossil Fuel Industry Could Advance Global Warming Fight
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Kingston Reif: Interim International Nuclear Arms Accord with Iran a Welcome First Step to Reduce Threat of War
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David Swanson: If New U.S.-Afghan Accord is Ratified, America's Longest War Will Go Longer
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Moonanum James: National Day of Mourning Event Commemorates Thanksgiving from Native American Perspective
November
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Karen Orenstein: Typhoon Haiyan, The Philippines and the Urgent Task of Addressing Climate Change
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Lily Hamourtziadou: Escalating Violence In Iraq Linked to Sectarian, Political and Regional Conflicts
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Dr. Margaret Flowers: Obamacare's Flaws and Shortcomings Reinforce Activists' Push for 'Medicare for All' Universal System
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Kimberly Fountain: As Conservatives Push for Benefit Cuts, New Progressive Coalition Campaigns for Social Security Expansion
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Ellen Brown: Struggle to Hold Big Banks Accountable Leads Group to Advocate for Public Banking
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Shodo Spring: Buddhist Priest Leads 1,300-Mile “Compassionate Earth Walk" from the Tar Sands of Alberta to Nebraska
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Michael J. Wilson: Federal Cuts to Food Stamp Program Hurt Children, Seniors and Disabled Most
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Gretchen Borchelt: Despite Setbacks, Pro-Choice Groups Continue to Challenge Texas Anti-Abortion Law
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Norman Solomon: Campaign Launched to Restore NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden's U.S. Passport
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Rachel O'Leary: Amnesty International Calls for Investigation of Possible War Crimes in U.S.-Pakistan Drone Strikes
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Paul Jorgensen: Campaign Cash Influences Expansion and Institutionalization of 'National Surveillance State'
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Leo Gerard: United Steelworkers' Leo Gerard: Building Alliances Between Labor and Environmental Groups
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Lori Wallach: To Blunt Opposition, Obama Administration Conceals Details of Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Treaty
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Mattea Kramer: Government Funding Priorities Upside Down During Shutdown
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Britt Cocanour: Greenpeace Launches Global Campaign to Free Arctic Activists Held in Russian Jail
October
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John Nichols: Unregulated Money and Decline of Independent Journalism Empowered Fringe Groups to Close Federal Government
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Christian Ramírez: In Midst of Government Shutdown, Immigration Rights Activists Continue to Pressure Congress to Adopt Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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Frank Koehn: Health Hazards Fuel Opposition Against Wisconsin Taconite Mine
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Matthew Rothschild: Koch Brothers-Financed GOP Government Shutdown Hurts the Nation's Most Vulnerable
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Brian Lutz: New Study Exposes the Staggering Environmental Cost of Mountaintop Removal Coal
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Scott Nelson: McCutcheon v. FEC Case Before Supreme Court Could Further Erode Campaign Finance Reform Laws
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Oliver Fein: Assessing Benefits and Shortfalls of the Affordable Care Act that Provoked Federal Government Shutdown
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Reza Marashi: U.S. Responds Positively to Iran's Pursuit of a Diplomatic Breakthrough
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Thilmeeza Hussain: Maldives Activist Says Democracy is Essential for Credible Leadership on Fighting Climate Change
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Stephen Pimpare: U.S. Census: Despite Rising Corporate Profits, Poor and Middle-Class Income Remains Flat, Poverty Levels Stagnate
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Jacqueline Patterson: International Women's Earth and Climate Summit Convenes to Draft Action Agenda
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Ladd Everitt: Another Mass Casualty Shooting Underscores Need for More Restrictive Federal Gun Laws
September
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Phyllis Bennis: Could U.S. - Russia Agreement on Assad's Chemical Weapons Lead to Negotiations to End Syria's Civil War?
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Mattea Kramer: Increased Tax Breaks for Wealthy Diverts Money That Could Benefit Americans in Need
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Richard Eskow: Record U.S. Income Inequality Result of Economic Policies Benefiting the 1%
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Noam Chomsky: Noam Chomsky: Obama Threat Against Syria Based on Maintaining U.S. 'Credibility'
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Richard Blumenthal: Congressional Compromise on Student Loans Tied to Financial Markets is Deeply Flawed
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John Goodwin: King Amendment in Pending Congressional Farm Bill Would Repeal Many State Laws Protecting Animal Welfare
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Francis Boyle: International Law Doesn't Condone Planned U.S. Intervention in Syrian Civil War
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Jennifer Loewenstein: Essential Issues Americans Need to Know About Syria's Civil War
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Garrett Serrels: Kids vs Global Warming Appeals Court Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Government Inaction on Climate Change
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James Paul: After Alleged Chemical Attack, Obama Moves Toward "Cruise Missile Diplomacy" in Syria
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Isaac Ontiveros: California Prisoner Hunger Strike Demanding End to Long-term Solitary Confinement Exceeds 50 Days
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Michael Mariotte: TEPCO Incompetence in Managing 2-Year Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Demands Outside Intervention
August
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Chris Toensing: Egypt's Military Executes Bloody Counterrevolution, as U.S. Stands Silent
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Marc Mauer: Opportunity for Criminal Justice Reform Seen in Stop and Frisk Court Ruling and Department of Justice Sentencing Reductions
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Daniel Ellsberg: Daniel Ellsberg Reflects on Bradley Manning Trial Verdict and Current U.S. Crackdown on Whistleblowers and Journalists
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Kade Crockford: Civil Liberties Advocates Say Obama's Proposed NSA Surveillance Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough
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Peter Hart: Amazon.com Billionaire's Purchase of Washington Post: Boosting Influence and "Monetizing" Journalism?
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Vincent Mann: Native Americans Canoe Down Hudson River to Honor Past Treaties and Reclaim Their Sovereignty
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Emad Mekay: Report: U.S. Gave Millions to Anti-Morsi Activists as Washington Says Egyptian Military Coup
"Restored Democracy"
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Ofer Neiman: New Round of Middle East Peace Talks Greeted with Skepticism and Concern
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Amelia Adams: Low-Wage Workers Protest and Strike in Dozens of U.S. Cities, Demanding Living Wages and Union Rights
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Nathan White: Closer Than Expected Vote in House to Defund NSA Dragnet Surveillance Shows Reform is Within Reach
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Steve Norris: 2013 Walk for Our Grandchildren on Climate Change Sends Urgent Message: "Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground"
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Myrna Perez: After Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act, Justice Department Challenges New Restrictive State Election Laws
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Judith Brown Dianis: George Zimmerman's Acquittal in Trayvon Martin Murder Trial Provokes Nation to Confront Persistent Racism
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Medea Benjamin: Movement Challenging Drone Surveillance and Warfare at Home and Abroad Gains Momentum
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Rev. Rick Hoyt: Diverse Groups Join Lawsuit to Halt NSA Dragnet Surveillance of U.S. Citizens' Communications
July
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Miko Peled: Israeli War Hero's Son Challenges His Nation's Policies Toward Palestinians
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Chuck Collins: Transition Movement Seeks to Build Community Resilience Amid Energy, Climate Change and Economic Crises
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Frances Moore Lappé: New Mindset Needed to Effectively Protect Earth's Ecosystem
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James S. Henry: Report Finds Super Rich Around the World have Avoided Paying Taxes on More Than $21 Trillion of Hidden Wealth
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Gar Alperovitz: Innovative, Democratic and Sustainable Economic Models Emerge as Viable Alternatives to America’s Current Failing System
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Mark Hertsgaard: On Behalf of Their Children, Parents' Group Steps Up to Confront Generational Consequences of Climate Change
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Brenda Wright: Response to High Court's Gutting of Voting Rights Act: "Don't Mourn, Organize!"
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Mathew Louis-Rosenberg: Fearless Summer: U.S. Climate Change Groups Escalate Anti-Fossil Fuels Campaign
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Jeff Cohen: Beltway Corporate Media Elite Attack Fellow Journalists for Revealing Government Secrets
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Keith Rushing: Senate Approves Immigration Bill Amendment that will Further Militarize U.S.-Mexico Border
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Shelly Altman: Middle East Peace Delegation Finds Diminishing Hope for Two-State Solution
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Bartlett Naylor: Effort Now Underway in Congress to Restore Depression-Era Glass Steagall Banking Law
June
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Phyllis Bennis: President Obama's Decision to Arm Rebel Groups will Escalate, Not End Syria's Brutal Civil War
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Norman Solomon: Beltway Pundits Vilify Edward Snowden, While Dismissing the Threat of the NSA's Surveillance Programs to Democracy He Exposed
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Phil Smith: Miners Get the Shaft in Patriot Coal Bankruptcy, Suffer Major Cuts to Health and Pension Benefits
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Heidi Boghosian: NSA Leak: Massive Government Surveillance Condemned as Unconstitutional and Threat to a Free Society
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Asli Bali: Pent-Up Grievances Against Authoritarian Rule Explode into Angry Protests Across Turkey
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James Gustave Speth: James Gustave Speth: Survival Depends on Transition to a New, Sustainable Economy
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Chris Toensing: Escalation of Syrian Civil War Threatens Wider Regional Conflict
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Michael Ratner: In Bradley Manning Trial, U.S. Government Strives to Intimidate Future Whistleblowers
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Shahid Buttar: Critics Charge Obama Justice Department's Collection of Journalists' Phone Records Undermines Press Freedom
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Matt Southworth: President Obama's Counterterrorism Speech: A Path to Change or More Rhetoric?
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Gerardo Reyes Chavez: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Pressure Wendy's to Sign Agreement Improving Florida Farmworkers' Wages and Conditions
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Tim Franzen: Occupy Our Homes Protests Department of Justice's Failure to Prosecute Wall Street Bankers Responsible for Foreclosure Crisis
May
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Alex Seitz-Wald: The Real IRS Scandal: Urgent Need for Campaign Finance and Tax Code Reform
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Timothy Karr: Media Activists Organize to Stop Koch Brothers' Takeover of Tribune Newspapers
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Bill Freese: Monsanto Supreme Court Victory on GMO Seed Patent Strengthens Biotech Giants' Control of Agribusiness
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Mark Jaycox: Obama Administration Wiretaps Associated Press Reporters, Seeks New Rules to Make Internet Surveillance Easier
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Carlos Warner: Guantanamo Defense Lawyer Says White House Action Can End Detainee Hunger Strike and Close the Controversial Prison Camp
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Emma Cheuse: U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms EPA’s Authority to Revoke Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Permit
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Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader: President Obama’s Drone Warfare Program Violates U.S. and International Law
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Sarah Anderson: Corporate CEOs Advocating Austerity Policies Receive Millions in Taxpayer-Subsidized Stock Options
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Gar Alperovitz: Innovative, Democratic and Sustainable Economic Models Emerge as Viable Alternatives to America’s Current Failing System
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Charles Kernaghan: Garment Industry Sweatshop Conditions Led to Tragic Loss of Lives in Bangladesh Building Collapse
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Elizabeth Nash: Anti-Abortion Activists Pass Dozens of Laws Restricting Reproductive Rights in GOP State Legislatures Across the U.S.
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Alka Pradhan: Bipartisan Panel Finds U.S. Officials Authorized Torture of Post-9/11 Detainees