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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This Week on Between The Lines

Posted May 21, 2014 for week ending May 30, 2014

"Once all of this ice is melted the world's oceans will be over 100 feet higher than they are today. So it will be a different world, different coastlines."

– Richard Heinberg, senior fellow-in-residence and board secretary of the Post Carbon Institute

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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Melting of Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstoppable, Will Raise Sea Levels Worldwide

Interview with Richard Heinberg, senior fellow-in-residence and board secretary of the Post Carbon Institute, conducted by Scott Harris

Two teams of scientists have reported that the Western Antarctic ice sheet is collapsing as a result of global climate change, and is already triggering a rise in sea level at a faster rate than previously forecast. Researchers say that the melting of the entire western Antarctica ice sheet may eventually increase sea levels by as much as 13 feet. These conclusions were confirmed by several years of readings from the European Space Agency's CryoSat 2 satellite. The data collected indicates that Antarctica's ice sheets are losing nearly 160 billion tons of ice per year — which is twice as much as the estimates from previous surveys. Story continues

Millions with Felony Convictions Have Lost Voting Rights Across the U.S.

Interview with Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

In a move unusual among state election officials, Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced on May 6 that her office is collaborating with advocates for the homeless and those convicted of felonies to encourage those groups of people to register and vote. In 2001, Connecticut reformed the state’s election law, allowing individuals who have completed their parole supervision to vote, even if they are still on probation. Story continues

Fast Food Workers Organize Global Strike for Higher Pay

Interview with Erika Eichelberger, staff reporter with Mother Jones Magazine, conducted by Scott Harris

Agitation for fair compensation by low-wage workers in the U.S. was first seen in a series of protests and strikes that began in November of 2012. Then, in the first action of its kind, over 200 fast food workers participated in a one-day strike at more than 20 chain restaurants in New York City. Now after a year-and-a-half of organizing, the movement gained visibility on the international stage, when on May 15, fast food workers conducted a one-day strike in 150 U.S. cities and 80 other cities in 30 nations around the world, such as Casablanca, London, Geneva, Sao Paulo, Seoul and San Salvador. The global action was coordinated by the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations. Story continues

This week’s summary of under-reported news

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The Bedouin village of al-Araqib in Israel’s Negev Desert has demolished dozens of times by Israeli police. The town is among dozens of Bedouin villages not recognized by the Israeli government and stands in the way of planned Israeli settlements. ("This state does not exist for you," Foreign Policy, May 1, 2014)
The Pentagon is seeking to amend or rescind an order by military judge Army Col. James Pohl. The order compels the CIA to turn over details of a secret prison program the agency operated relating to the trial of a Saudi national accused of being the mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen that killed 17 American sailors. ("Prosecution to Guantanamo Judge: Take back your CIA ruling," Miami Herald, May 9, 2014, "Will CIA comply with Guantanamo judge’s order? Agency won’t say," Miami Herald, April 22, 2014)
Fossil fuel hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” has transformed North Dakota into the state with the fastest-growing economy and lowest unemployment rate in the nation, but it is also now one of the most dangerous places to work in the U.S., reports Mother Jones magazine. ("North Dakota is the deadliest state to work in," Mother Jones, May 8, 2014; "In fracking hot bed, a muted approach to regulation," ProPublica, May 13, 2014)

Recent Shows

May

Week Ending May 23, 2014

Stephen F. Cohen: Ukraine Crisis Could Escalate Without U.S. Support for Dialogue
Daniel Patterson: Federal Government Balks at Enforcing Land-Use Law When Confronted by Armed Right-Wing Vigilantes
Michael Copps: Internet Freedom in Jeopardy Unless Public Takes Action to Preserve Net Neutrality

Week Ending May 16, 2014

Adam Horowitz: U.S.-Brokered Middle East Peace Talks Fail: 'No Deal is Better Than a Bad Deal'
Jamie Raskin: Universal Rights – An Alternative to Affirmative Action – Further Undermined by U.S. Supreme Court in Michigan Case
Diann Rust-Tierney: Tragic, Botched Oklahoma Execution Renews Call to Abolish the Death Penalty

Week Ending May 9, 2014

Sam Pizzigati: America's Poor and Middle Class Decline as Counterparts in Europe and Canada Advance
Ladd Everitt: Georgia's Extreme New Gun Law Allows Firearms in Bars, Schools and Churches
JeriMarie Liesegang: Activists Decry Treatment of Transgender Teenager held in Solitary Confinement in a Connecticut Prison

Week Ending May 2, 2014

John Quigley: Despite US/EU Support for Kiev, Economic Divorce Between Ukraine and Russia is Unrealistic
Devin Burghart: Right-Wing Extremist Groups Challenging Authority of Federal Government Find GOP Allies
Ricki Draper and Joanne Sheehan: 14 Mountaintop Removal Protesters Arrested in November Use Connecticut Court Case to Target UBS

April

Week Ending April 25, 2014

Dr. Michael Dorsey: Latest IPCC Climate Change Report Warns of Disparate Impacts on Economically Vulnerable Populations
Medea Benjamin: As Peace Activist Medea Benjamin was Brutalized by Egyptian Police, Her Call for Help Ignored by U.S. Embassy
Timothy Karr: Consumers Will Be Big Losers If FCC Approves Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger

Week Ending April 18, 2014

Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Supreme Court's McCutcheon v. FEC Ruling Increases Power of Super Rich in U.S. Politics
Kimberly Williams: Opponents of Proposed Alaska Pebble Copper/Gold Mine Applaud EPA Intervention
Marc Hanson: USAID Secret Operation Spied on 40,000+ Cubans Who Used U.S.-Funded Twitter-like Texting Platform

Week Ending April 11, 2014

Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader: Government Dragnet Surveillance, Collection of Personal Data Threatens Civil Liberties and Democracy Itself
Robert King: 'Angola 3' Prisoner Robert King's Survival Story: 29 Years in Solitary Confinement for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
Drew Hudson: Environmental Group Targets NPR for Misleading Coverage of Fracking Issue Linked to Corporate Sponsors

Week Ending April 4, 2014

Chris Hedges: Chris Hedges' Indefinite Detention Lawsuit and the Struggle to Restore Our Civil Liberties
Andrew Whelton: Lack of Accurate Scientific Information Causes Public Confusion in West Virginia's Recent Toxic Water Spill
Rev. William Barber: North Carolina's Progressive 'Moral Monday' Protest Movement Resonates Across the Nation

March

Week Ending March 28, 2014

Ray McGovern: Senate-CIA Conflict Over Torture Report Exposes U.S. Spy Agencies' Dangerous Lack of Accountability
Ken Bossong: Big Oil and Political Allies Exploit Ukraine Crisis to Expedite Natural Gas Extraction and Export
John Bonifaz: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Advocates Six Constitutional Amendments

Week Ending March 21, 2014

Katrina vanden Heuvel: NATO's Eastward March Remains Major Obstacle to Reaching Peaceful Settlement of Ukraine Crisis
Maya Nye: Two Months After Toxic Spill, West Virginians Face Uncertainty Over Water Safety
Harvey Wasserman: On Third Anniversary of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Radiation Continues to Threaten Pacific Ocean

Week Ending March 14, 2014

David Kotz: Russia's Deployment of Troops to Crimea Demands Diplomacy, Not Threats or Escalation
Alice Rothchild: Documentary Film Traces Historical Roots of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Jeff Cohen: Enron Billionaire Funds Public TV "News" Series, Parroting his Opposition to Public Employee Pensions

Week Ending March 7, 2014

Eric Draitser: U.S. News Media's Coverage of Ukraine Crisis Paints False Picture of Good vs. Evil
Steve Ellner: Activists in Unsuccessful 2002 Coup d'état Now Leading Venezuela's Protests
Nick Nyhart: Proposed Campaign Finance Reform Bills Would Counter Flood of Unlimited Money in U.S. Elections

February

Week Ending Feb. 28, 2014

Medea Benjamin: U.S. Government Debates Plan to Assassinate a Fifth American Citizen by Drone Attack for Alleged Terrorist Activity
Isaiah Poole: Largest Civil Rights Protest in the South Since 1965 Selma to Montgomery March: A Hopeful Message to America
Jill Guidera: Transportation Alternatives Campaign: Reclaim New York City Streets with Bicycling, Walking and Public Transit

Week Ending Feb. 21, 2014

Joel Berg: President Signs Farm Bill with Food Stamp Cuts that Hurt America's Most Vulnerable
Rep. John Sarbanes: 'Government by the People Act' Proposed to Counter Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling
Brett Hartl: GOP House Members Attack Endangered Species Act

Week Ending Feb. 14, 2014

Erich Pica: Environmentalists Mobilize Pressure on Obama to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
Alexandra Harrington and Leslie Aponte: Connecticut Bill Offers Juvenile Offenders Opportunity to Reduce Long Prison Sentences
Pete Seeger: The Late Singer, Songwriter and Activist Pete Seeger Offers "Uncommon Common Sense" in 1994 Interview

Week Ending Feb. 7, 2014

Cindy Cohn: Obama's Proposed NSA Surveillance Reforms Fall Short, Congress Urged to Rein in Illegal Spying
Rev. Jim Antal: United Church of Christ Takes Leading Role in Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
Marge Baker: Congress Moves to Repair Some, But Not All of Supreme Court's Damage to Voting Rights Act

January

Week Ending Jan. 31, 2014

Brian Miller: GOP Governors Blocking Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Exacerbate Racial Disparity in U.S. Health Care
Mark Jacobson: Plan Asserts Global Transition to Renewable Energy is Achievable by Mid-Century
Todd O’Boyle: FCC Can Resurrect Net Neutrality from the Ashes of Federal Court Ruling

Week Ending Jan. 24, 2014

Kim Ives: Four Years After Devastating Earthquake, Corruption Derails Haiti's Recovery
Vivian Stockman: West Virginia Chemical Spill Exposes Lax State Oversight of Industry Environmental Hazards
Brad Friedman: CBS' "60 Minutes" Adopts the Fox News Playbook

Week Ending Jan. 17, 2014

Peter Wilcox: After 2 Months in Russian Prison, Greenpeace Captain Vows to Stay in Fight Against Climate Change
Sharon Levin: Responding to Nuns' Lawsuit, Supreme Court Blocks Obamacare Birth Control Provision
Monte Frank: One Year After Sandy Hook School Massacre, Newtown Action Alliance Continues Campaign to Strengthen Gun Safety Laws

Week Ending Jan. 10, 2014

Shahid Buttar: Challenges to NSA Dragnet Surveillance Gain Momentum
Johanna deGraffenreid: Beyond Coal: Alliance for Appalachia Plans for Regional Economic Transition
Robert McChesney: Amazon's $600 Million Contract with CIA Casts Shadow on Washington Post's Integrity

Week Ending Jan. 3, 2014

Rebekah Wilce: The State Policy Network: Right-Wing Thinktank Promotes the Corporate Agenda in State Government
Hope Metcalf: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons Condemned as 'Torture, Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment'
Craig Aaron: New FCC Chairman Faces Tests on Net Neutrality, Media Ownership Consolidation Issues

December

Week Ending Dec. 27, 2013

Stephen F. Cohen: Roiled by Protests, Divided Ukraine Weighs Future Trade Relations with EU and Russia
Mark Colville: Civil Disobedience Action Against U.S. Drone Warfare Program Confronted by Clampdown on Dissent
Laura MacCleery: House-Senate Budget Agreement Continues Austerity Policies Targeting Working Families

Week Ending Dec. 20, 2013

John C. Philo: Federal Court Ruling on Detroit Bankruptcy Jeopardizes Public Employee Pensions Nationally
Johanna Rivera: Dams Along Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Create Water Crisis in Iraq
Robert Parry: On the Wrong Side of History: Ronald Reagan's Embrace of Apartheid South Africa and Condemnation of Nelson Mandela

Week Ending Dec. 13, 2013

Dan Beeton: Alleging Fraud, Candidate Demands Vote Recount in Honduras Presidential Election
Hands Off Appalachia: Direct Action Protest Hits Swiss Bank UBS for Role in Financing Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Todd Gitlin: Divestment Campaign Targeting Fossil Fuel Industry Could Advance Global Warming Fight

Week Ending Dec. 6, 2013

Kingston Reif: Interim International Nuclear Arms Accord with Iran a Welcome First Step to Reduce Threat of War
David Swanson: If New U.S.-Afghan Accord is Ratified, America's Longest War Will Go Longer
Moonanum James: National Day of Mourning Event Commemorates Thanksgiving from Native American Perspective

November

Week Ending Nov. 29, 2013

Karen Orenstein: Typhoon Haiyan, The Philippines and the Urgent Task of Addressing Climate Change
Lily Hamourtziadou: Escalating Violence In Iraq Linked to Sectarian, Political and Regional Conflicts
Dr. Margaret Flowers: Obamacare's Flaws and Shortcomings Reinforce Activists' Push for 'Medicare for All' Universal System

Week Ending Nov. 22, 2013

Kimberly Fountain: As Conservatives Push for Benefit Cuts, New Progressive Coalition Campaigns for Social Security Expansion
Ellen Brown: Struggle to Hold Big Banks Accountable Leads Group to Advocate for Public Banking
Shodo Spring: Buddhist Priest Leads 1,300-Mile “Compassionate Earth Walk" from the Tar Sands of Alberta to Nebraska

Week Ending Nov. 15, 2013

Michael J. Wilson: Federal Cuts to Food Stamp Program Hurt Children, Seniors and Disabled Most
Gretchen Borchelt: Despite Setbacks, Pro-Choice Groups Continue to Challenge Texas Anti-Abortion Law
Norman Solomon: Campaign Launched to Restore NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden's U.S. Passport

Week Ending Nov. 8, 2013

Rachel O'Leary: Amnesty International Calls for Investigation of Possible War Crimes in U.S.-Pakistan Drone Strikes
Paul Jorgensen: Campaign Cash Influences Expansion and Institutionalization of 'National Surveillance State'
Leo Gerard: United Steelworkers' Leo Gerard: Building Alliances Between Labor and Environmental Groups

Week Ending Nov. 1, 2013

Lori Wallach: To Blunt Opposition, Obama Administration Conceals Details of Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Treaty
Mattea Kramer: Government Funding Priorities Upside Down During Shutdown
Britt Cocanour: Greenpeace Launches Global Campaign to Free Arctic Activists Held in Russian Jail

October

Week Ending Oct. 25, 2013

John Nichols: Unregulated Money and Decline of Independent Journalism Empowered Fringe Groups to Close Federal Government
Christian Ramírez: In Midst of Government Shutdown, Immigration Rights Activists Continue to Pressure Congress to Adopt Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Frank Koehn: Health Hazards Fuel Opposition Against Wisconsin Taconite Mine

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