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.
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 Oct. 8, 2014 for week ending Oct. 17, 2014
"This Ohio case is just one of a number of ongoing court battles that really could shape what the voting landscape looks like. There's also ongoing lawsuits in Texas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Kansas and Arizona. So even though we're only a few weeks out from this mid-term election, there's a lot of moving parts and we're not sure what kind of landscape voters are going to face in a lot of these states."
– Interview with Jonathan Brater, counsel with the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice, on how the GOP is working to suppress the minority vote nationwide.
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Interview with Jonathan Brater, counsel with the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice, conducted by Scott Harris
In a 5 to 4 ruling on Sept. 29, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively blocked the start of early voting in the state of Ohio, reversing an earlier federal appeals court decision that had prevented the state from reducing days allotted for early voting from 35 to 28 days. The lower court had also mandated Ohio restore some evening and Sunday voting that the state legislature had removed. Although the Supreme Court’s ruling is temporary until a full decision can be rendered, the reduction in voting hours will be in force for this year’s mid-term election on Nov. 4.
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Interview with Ted Glick, national campaign coordinator with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
On Sept. 29, the FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, approved the construction of a liquified natural gas, or LNG, export terminal at Cove Point, Maryland, in the town of Lusby on Chesapeake Bay. The facility was originally built to import natural gas, but since the boom of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which extracts gas from tight shale rock formations over the last decade, the U.S. is awash in the fossil fuel and the industry is looking to sell it abroad.
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Interview with Peter Hart, activism director with the media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), conducted by Scott Harris
After President Obama announced his decision to expand the U.S. war against ISIS from Iraq to Syria on Sept. 22, American and Gulf state warplanes launched dozens of airstrikes targeting the militant Sunni group inside Syria’s borders. But according to Kurdish forces defending the northern Syrian city of Kobani located in a strategic position on the Turkish frontier, the U.S.-led bombing campaign was having little effect on the forward advance of ISIS fighters.
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This week’s summary of under-reported news
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- The nation of Pakistan is set to hit a record number of polio cases as the Taliban and Islamist fighters have branded polio campaigns as part of a sinister western plot. Since 2012, 60 public health workers and security personnel have been killed in Pakistan’s northern tribal areas. ("Pakistan struggling to cope with surge in polio cases," Oct. 1, 2014; "Pakistan’s polio busters try to contain disease despite terrorist opposition," Guardian, July 3, 2014; "Pakistani parents defy Taliban with secret polio vaccines for children," Guardian, May 8, 2014)
- Outraged that Fidel Castro had deployed Cuban troops to Angola in the mid-1970s, then U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger threatened to launch a full-scale military attack against the communist island nation. ("Kissinger drew up plans to attack Cuba, records show," New York Times, Sept. 30, 2014; "Six lessons for Obama on how to improve relations with Cuba," The Nation, Sept. 30, 2014)
- Bank of America has a sweetheart deal with New York City’s Metropolitan Corrections Center, where the financial giant has monopoly control over money transfer services, electronic messaging and some inmate phone services. ("Megabanks have prison financial services market locked up," Center for Public Integrity, Oct. 2, 2014)
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Connor Gibson: Billionaire Koch Brothers Investing Heavily in Climate Change Denial 'Research'
September
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Michael T. McPherson: Veterans Say New U.S.-Led War in Iraq and Syria Will Only Inflame Region's Ethnic Violence
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Lee Stewart: Great March for Climate Action Activists Demand the World Address the Climate Crisis
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Jay O'Hara: In a Surprising Victory, Criminal Charges from Direct Action Confronting Climate Change Are Dropped
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Robert Parry: As NATO Heightens New Cold War Tensions with Russia, U.S. Media Continues to Distort Ukraine Conflict
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Raed Jarrar: Renewed U.S. Intervention in Iraq Won't Solve the Nation's Many Internal Ethnic Conflicts
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Kevin Alexander Gray: Police Killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson Exposes U.S. Culture of Racism and Violence
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Jon Devine: Lake Erie Algae Bloom Reveals Lax Regulation and Wider Threat to Nation's Water Supply
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Gregg Leslie: Press Freedom Groups Rally For Journalist James Risen, Who Faces Jail Time for Refusing to Reveal Sources
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Deborah Denno: Another Botched Execution in Arizona Calls into Question Ethics of Capital Punishment
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Tom Hayden: U.S. and NATO Actions in Ukraine Predictably Provoke Russia; Could Trigger a New Cold War
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Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader: The Gaza Conflict is an Inevitable Result of Israel’s Suffocating Economic Blockade and Decades of Illegal Occupation
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Dylan Voorhees: Maine City's Ordinance Blocking Tar Sands Export Could Be Model for Cities Nationwide
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Dana Frank: Washington Support for Post-Coup Government in Honduras Linked to Flood of Child Refugees at U.S. Border
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Michele Sutter: California Ballot Question Asks Voters to Support Overturning SCOTUS Citizens United Decision
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Robert Dreyfuss: As Israel is Accused of Disproportionate Attack on Gaza; International Community Calls for Cease-Fire
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Sandra Steingraber: National Rally Says 'No!' to Fracked Gas Exports from Maryland and Other Proposed Sites Nationwide
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Peter Kornbluh: Chilean Court Finds U.S. Complicit in Murder of Two Americans During Washington-Backed 1973 Chile Coup
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Jeanne Atkinson: Flood of Immigrant Children at U.S. Border Demands Action to Reform Failed Immigration Policies
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Kenneth Margolies: In Further Erosion of Union Rights, Supreme Court Rules Home Care Workers Don’t Have to Pay Union Dues
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Katrina vanden Heuvel: In Iraq U.S. Must Pursue Diplomacy, Not Further Military Intervention
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Frederick Clarkson: Supreme Court Ruling Allows Up to 90 percent of For-Profit Corporations to Impose the Owners' Religious Beliefs on Their Employees
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Matt Southworth: U.S. Iraq War Veteran Warns Against New American Military Intervention in Current Iraq Crisis
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Adam Crowther: Supreme Court Rulings on Campaign Finance Opens Door to Big Money Influence in Local Elections
June
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Peter Van Buren: Current Sunni vs. Shiite Religious War in Iraq Tragic Legacy of 2003 U.S. Invasion
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Andrea James: Women Rally for Prison and Sentencing Reform June 21st
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Rachel Tabachnick: Right-Wing Anti-Government Violence, a Growing Threat to Democracy
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Mitch Jones: Environmentalists: Obama Administration Carbon Regulations Don't Go Far Enough
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Martin Ping: Hope for Sustainable Agriculture as a New Wave of Young Farmers Return to the Land
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J. Kirk Wiebe: New Website Provides a Safe Harbor for Future Whistleblowers
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Anand Gopal: U.S. Collaboration with Brutal Afghan Warlords Breeds Resentment and Instability
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Marge Baker: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Reverse Recent Supreme Court Rulings on Money in Politics
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Kshama Sawant: Seattle's Socialist City Council Member Wins Battle for $15/Hour Minimum Wage, Highest in the Nation
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Michael McPhearson: Veterans Administration Scandal Over Critical Health Care Delays Began with Decade of U.S. Wars
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Daoud Nassar: Israel Destroys 1500 Fruit Trees at Palestinian "Tent of Nations" Farm
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Harley Geiger: House Removes Key Provisions of Bill Drafted to End NSA Bulk Collection of Americans' Communication Data
May
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Richard Heinberg: Melting of Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstoppable, Will Raise Sea Levels Worldwide
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Marc Mauer: Millions with Felony Convictions Have Lost Voting Rights Across the U.S.
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Erika Eichelberger: Fast Food Workers Organize Global Strike for Higher Pay
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Stephen F. Cohen: Ukraine Crisis Could Escalate Without U.S. Support for Dialogue
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Daniel Patterson: Federal Government Balks at Enforcing Land-Use Law When Confronted by Armed Right-Wing Vigilantes
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Michael Copps: Internet Freedom in Jeopardy Unless Public Takes Action to Preserve Net Neutrality
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Adam Horowitz: U.S.-Brokered Middle East Peace Talks Fail: 'No Deal is Better Than a Bad Deal'
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Jamie Raskin: Universal Rights – An Alternative to Affirmative Action – Further Undermined by U.S. Supreme Court in Michigan Case
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Diann Rust-Tierney: Tragic, Botched Oklahoma Execution Renews Call to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Sam Pizzigati: America's Poor and Middle Class Decline as Counterparts in Europe and Canada Advance
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Ladd Everitt: Georgia's Extreme New Gun Law Allows Firearms in Bars, Schools and Churches
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John Quigley: Despite US/EU Support for Kiev, Economic Divorce Between Ukraine and Russia is Unrealistic
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Dr. Michael Dorsey: Latest IPCC Climate Change Report Warns of Disparate Impacts on Economically Vulnerable Populations
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Medea Benjamin: As Peace Activist Medea Benjamin was Brutalized by Egyptian Police, Her Call for Help Ignored by U.S. Embassy
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Timothy Karr: Consumers Will Be Big Losers If FCC Approves Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
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Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Supreme Court's McCutcheon v. FEC Ruling Increases Power of Super Rich in U.S. Politics
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Kimberly Williams: Opponents of Proposed Alaska Pebble Copper/Gold Mine Applaud EPA Intervention
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Marc Hanson: USAID Secret Operation Spied on 40,000+ Cubans Who Used U.S.-Funded Twitter-like Texting Platform
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Robert King: 'Angola 3' Prisoner Robert King's Survival Story: 29 Years in Solitary Confinement for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
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Drew Hudson: Environmental Group Targets NPR for Misleading Coverage of Fracking Issue Linked to Corporate Sponsors
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Andrew Whelton: Lack of Accurate Scientific Information Causes Public Confusion in West Virginia's Recent Toxic Water Spill
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Rev. William Barber: North Carolina's Progressive 'Moral Monday' Protest Movement Resonates Across the Nation
March
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Ray McGovern: Senate-CIA Conflict Over Torture Report Exposes U.S. Spy Agencies' Dangerous Lack of Accountability
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Ken Bossong: Big Oil and Political Allies Exploit Ukraine Crisis to Expedite Natural Gas Extraction and Export
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John Bonifaz: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Advocates Six Constitutional Amendments
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Katrina vanden Heuvel: NATO's Eastward March Remains Major Obstacle to Reaching Peaceful Settlement of Ukraine Crisis
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Maya Nye: Two Months After Toxic Spill, West Virginians Face Uncertainty Over Water Safety
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Harvey Wasserman: On Third Anniversary of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Radiation Continues to Threaten Pacific Ocean
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David Kotz: Russia's Deployment of Troops to Crimea Demands Diplomacy, Not Threats or Escalation
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Alice Rothchild: Documentary Film Traces Historical Roots of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Jeff Cohen: Enron Billionaire Funds Public TV "News" Series, Parroting his Opposition to Public Employee Pensions
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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