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!
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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 March 5, 2014 for week ending March 14, 2014
"The Russian reaction was entirely predictable. I think you have to ask who made a mistake that led to this disastrous situation? And I’m afraid that has to be laid at the doorstep of the United States and the European Union, both of which encouraged what developed into an armed uprising against the elected president of Ukraine, despite the fact that the leadership of the uprising on the ground consisted of extreme nationalists who are very hostile to Russia and to Russians."
– Interview with David Kotz, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on possible reasons Russian President Vladimir Putin has deployed Russian troops to the autonomous republic of Crimea, in southeastern Ukraine
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Interview with David Kotz, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, conducted by Scott Harris
The celebrations of pro-European parties and activists reflecting on their successful ouster of Ukraine’s elected president, Viktor Yanukovich, were cut short when Russian troops reportedly had been deployed to the nation’s Crimean peninsula on Feb. 28. An unknown number of soldiers said to be Russian, wearing uniforms without insignia, surrounded Ukrainian military bases and the Crimean parliament. Simultaneously, pro-Russian Ukrainian groups organized protests in the country’s majority ethnic Russian cities in the east and south, expressing opposition to the defacto government that took power in Kiev after three months of an often bloody occupation that cost more than 85 lives.
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Interview with Alice Rothchild, author and filmmaker, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Alice Rothchild is an obstetrician from the Boston area who was raised in a Jewish household. Growing up, she was a Zionist who supported the state of Israel. When she traveled to Israel with her family, she remembers never having seen the Palestinians who lived there. In 1997, Rothchild began trying to understand the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and has since organized many delegations to the West Bank, Gaza and Israel, with a strong contingent of medical professionals.
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Interview with Jeff Cohen, director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, conducted by Scott Harris
In an investigative piece titled, “The Wolf of Sesame Street: Revealing the secret corruption inside PBS’s news division,” published on the news website Pando Daily, journalist David Sirota wrote about a Public Broadcasting Service news series titled, “The Pension Peril,” which advocated cuts to public employee pension benefits. The “Pension Peril” series, scheduled to be broadcast by PBS stations across the country over the course of two years, Sirota reveals, was secretly funded by former Enron company trader and billionaire, John Arnold.
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This week’s summary of under-reported news
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- The Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank is a fertile area for growing Medjool dates as well as harvesting grapes, peppers and herbs. For years, these food exports were destined for the European Union, Israel’s top trading partner. ("Consumers pressure Israel,"Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 16, 2014)
- In the days after Uganda imposed a harsh new anti-gay law, including life sentences for individuals convicted of engaging in gay sex, the World Bank postponed a $90 million loan to the African nation’s health sector. ("World Bank postpones Uganda loan over anti-gay law," Reuters, Feb. 27, 2014; "Uganda President Museveni signs controversial anti-gay bill," CNN, Feb. 25, 2014; "Uganda slapped with aid cuts over anti-gay law," The Associated Press, Feb. 27, 2014; "How Uganda’s anti-gay law can undermine HIV/AIDS response," Devex, Feb. 29, 2014)
- A proposed new mining project in northern Wisconsin has triggered a resource war between corporate mining interests, native peoples and environmentalists. ("Saving Lake Superior," In These Times, Feb. 10, 2014)
Recent Shows
March
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Eric Draitser: U.S. News Media's Coverage of Ukraine Crisis Paints False Picture of Good vs. Evil
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Steve Ellner: Activists in Unsuccessful 2002 Coup d'état Now Leading Venezuela's Protests
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Nick Nyhart: Proposed Campaign Finance Reform Bills Would Counter Flood of Unlimited Money in U.S. Elections
February
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Medea Benjamin: U.S. Government Debates Plan to Assassinate a Fifth American Citizen by Drone Attack for Alleged Terrorist Activity
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Isaiah Poole: Largest Civil Rights Protest in the South Since 1965 Selma to Montgomery March: A Hopeful Message to America
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Jill Guidera: Transportation Alternatives Campaign: Reclaim New York City Streets with Bicycling, Walking and Public Transit
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Joel Berg: President Signs Farm Bill with Food Stamp Cuts that Hurt America's Most Vulnerable
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Rep. John Sarbanes: 'Government by the People Act' Proposed to Counter Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling
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Brett Hartl: GOP House Members Attack Endangered Species Act
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Erich Pica: Environmentalists Mobilize Pressure on Obama to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
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Alexandra Harrington and Leslie Aponte: Connecticut Bill Offers Juvenile Offenders Opportunity to Reduce Long Prison Sentences
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Pete Seeger: The Late Singer, Songwriter and Activist Pete Seeger Offers "Uncommon Common Sense" in 1994 Interview
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Cindy Cohn: Obama's Proposed NSA Surveillance Reforms Fall Short, Congress Urged to Rein in Illegal Spying
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Rev. Jim Antal: United Church of Christ Takes Leading Role in Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
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Marge Baker: Congress Moves to Repair Some, But Not All of Supreme Court's Damage to Voting Rights Act
January
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Brian Miller: GOP Governors Blocking Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Exacerbate Racial Disparity in U.S. Health Care
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Mark Jacobson: Plan Asserts Global Transition to Renewable Energy is Achievable by Mid-Century
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Todd O’Boyle: FCC Can Resurrect Net Neutrality from the Ashes of Federal Court Ruling
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Kim Ives: Four Years After Devastating Earthquake, Corruption Derails Haiti's Recovery
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Vivian Stockman: West Virginia Chemical Spill Exposes Lax State Oversight of Industry Environmental Hazards
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Brad Friedman: CBS' "60 Minutes" Adopts the Fox News Playbook
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Peter Wilcox: After 2 Months in Russian Prison, Greenpeace Captain Vows to Stay in Fight Against Climate Change
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Sharon Levin: Responding to Nuns' Lawsuit, Supreme Court Blocks Obamacare Birth Control Provision
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Monte Frank: One Year After Sandy Hook School Massacre, Newtown Action Alliance Continues Campaign to Strengthen Gun Safety Laws
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Shahid Buttar: Challenges to NSA Dragnet Surveillance Gain Momentum
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Johanna deGraffenreid: Beyond Coal: Alliance for Appalachia Plans for Regional Economic Transition
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Robert McChesney: Amazon's $600 Million Contract with CIA Casts Shadow on Washington Post's Integrity
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Rebekah Wilce: The State Policy Network: Right-Wing Thinktank Promotes the Corporate Agenda in State Government
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Hope Metcalf: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons Condemned as 'Torture, Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment'
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Craig Aaron: New FCC Chairman Faces Tests on Net Neutrality, Media Ownership Consolidation Issues
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