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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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 July 23, 2014 for week ending Aug. 1, 2014

"The culpability of the United States is not just in the money it provides (Israel) or the weapons, it's in the political cover – that's infinitely worse than the money that's provided. Because this political cover has in a sense made American diplomacy toxic."

– Vijay Prashad, George and Martha Kellner chair in South Asian History; professor of International Studies at Trinity College, on the U.S. role in Israel's assault on Gaza

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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Obama Administration Backing for Israeli Gaza Attack Makes U.S. Complicit in Rising Civilian Death Toll

Interview with Vijay Prashad, professor of international studies at Trinity College, George and Martha Kellner chairman in South Asian history, conducted by Scott Harris

After Israel’s two-week military offensive targeting the Hamas government in Gaza, the death toll has risen to more than 600 mostly Palestinian civilians – and more than 3,100 wounded according to Gaza's emergency services. As of July 22, Israeli deaths totaled 29, 27 soldiers and two civilians who died from rockets fired from Gaza into Israel. According to news reports, Israel has attacked two Gaza hospitals since July 8. At the Al-Aqsa Hospital at least four people, including two patients died and 60 were wounded on July 21. Israel claims that their tanks targeted missiles hidden near the hospital compound, an accusation that Palestinian hospital officials have denied. Story continues

Washington Support for Post-Coup Government in Honduras Linked to Flood of Child Refugees at U.S. Border

Interview with Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, conducted by Scott Harris

While the humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexican border has not abated, the number of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America to turn themselves into American border patrol agents has seen a steep decline in South Texas from a high of some 2,000 minors crossing the border a week last month to fewer than 500 children this week. But the highly charged politics of the recent flood of Central American refugees continues to take center stage in Congress and the U.S. media. Story continues

California Ballot Question Asks Voters to Support Overturning SCOTUS Citizens United Decision

Interview with Michele Sutter, chairperson of Money Out, Voters In and Yes on Prop. 49, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

California voters will get a chance to weigh in on Proposition 49, a referendum question with national consequences this November. The ballot question calls for overturning Supreme Court decisions Citizens United and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed almost unlimited and unaccountable money to flow into political campaigns. The California referendum effort is being spearheaded by the group Money Out, Voters In. Story continues

This week’s summary of under-reported news

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Australia, one of the largest per capita carbon polluters on the planet has repealed its carbon tax designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott had campaigned for months to "ax the tax," but only prevailed in a mid-July vote with the support of seven independent senators. ("Australia kills off carbon tax," Guardian, July 16, 2014; "Environmentalists denounces repeal of Australia’s carbon tax," New York Times, July 17, 2014; "Australia becomes first developed nation to repeal carbon tax," Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2014)
U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney ruled California’s death penalty is unconstitutional for being arbitrary, in a case involving a 1995 death sentence for murder in suburban Orange County, California. ("California death penalty system is unconstitutional, federal judge rules," New York Times, July 16, 2014; "Federal judge’s ruling on California death penalty stuns experts," Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2014; "California death penalty ruled unconstitutional," San Francisco Chronicle, July 16, 2014)
Former U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island took up the cause of improving the delivery of mental health care after he crashed his car near Capitol Hill in 2006, a consequence of his addiction to painkillers, including OxyContin. Kennedy, the son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, did not seek re-election in 2010. ("The real reason pot is still illegal," The Nation, July 1, 2014)

Recent Shows

July

Week Ending July 25, 2014

Robert Dreyfuss: As Israel is Accused of Disproportionate Attack on Gaza; International Community Calls for Cease-Fire
Sandra Steingraber: National Rally Says 'No!' to Fracked Gas Exports from Maryland and Other Proposed Sites Nationwide
Peter Kornbluh: Chilean Court Finds U.S. Complicit in Murder of Two Americans During Washington-Backed 1973 Chile Coup

Week Ending July 18, 2014

Jeanne Atkinson: Flood of Immigrant Children at U.S. Border Demands Action to Reform Failed Immigration Policies
Kenneth Margolies: In Further Erosion of Union Rights, Supreme Court Rules Home Care Workers Don’t Have to Pay Union Dues
Katrina vanden Heuvel: In Iraq U.S. Must Pursue Diplomacy, Not Further Military Intervention

Week Ending July 11, 2014

Frederick Clarkson: Supreme Court Ruling Allows Up to 90 percent of For-Profit Corporations to Impose the Owners' Religious Beliefs on Their Employees
David Brown: Project Investigates Pennsylvania Health Problems to Determine Links with Natural Gas Fracking
Tomas Lopez: One Year After Supreme Court Dismantles Voting Right Act, 22 States Have Adopted New Voting Restrictions

Week Ending July 4, 2014

Matt Southworth: U.S. Iraq War Veteran Warns Against New American Military Intervention in Current Iraq Crisis
Falko Schilling: National Food Industry Launches Legal Attack on Vermont’s New GMO Labeling Law
Adam Crowther: Supreme Court Rulings on Campaign Finance Opens Door to Big Money Influence in Local Elections

June

Week Ending June 27, 2014

Peter Van Buren: Current Sunni vs. Shiite Religious War in Iraq Tragic Legacy of 2003 U.S. Invasion
Andrea James: Women Rally for Prison and Sentencing Reform June 21st
Rachel Tabachnick: Right-Wing Anti-Government Violence, a Growing Threat to Democracy

Week Ending June 20, 2014

Mitch Jones: Environmentalists: Obama Administration Carbon Regulations Don't Go Far Enough
Martin Ping: Hope for Sustainable Agriculture as a New Wave of Young Farmers Return to the Land
J. Kirk Wiebe: New Website Provides a Safe Harbor for Future Whistleblowers

Week Ending June 13, 2014

Anand Gopal: U.S. Collaboration with Brutal Afghan Warlords Breeds Resentment and Instability
Marge Baker: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Reverse Recent Supreme Court Rulings on Money in Politics
Kshama Sawant: Seattle's Socialist City Council Member Wins Battle for $15/Hour Minimum Wage, Highest in the Nation

Week Ending June 6, 2014

Michael McPhearson: Veterans Administration Scandal Over Critical Health Care Delays Began with Decade of U.S. Wars
Daoud Nassar: Israel Destroys 1500 Fruit Trees at Palestinian "Tent of Nations" Farm
Harley Geiger: House Removes Key Provisions of Bill Drafted to End NSA Bulk Collection of Americans' Communication Data

May

Week Ending May 30, 2014

Richard Heinberg: Melting of Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstoppable, Will Raise Sea Levels Worldwide
Marc Mauer: Millions with Felony Convictions Have Lost Voting Rights Across the U.S.
Erika Eichelberger: Fast Food Workers Organize Global Strike for Higher Pay

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