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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"The facts are that we cannot continue to rely on a system that depends on a for-profit driven industry whose main motive is profit for their shareholders. We need to move to a system that is efficient and encourages quality, is equitable and provides for every American without bankrupting the country and individuals for the years to come."

– Dr. Robert Zarr, president of Physicians for a National Health Program, on why Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer plan to expand and improve Medicare is a true universal health care program

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Sanders: Single-Payer is Only System that Can Achieve Universal Health Care

Interview with Robert Zarr, president of Physicians for a National Health Program, conducted by Scott Harris

One of the defining issues separating the two major candidates vying for the Democratic party's presidential nomination is disagreement on the need to establish a single-payer health care system in the United States. While independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders advocates such a system, sometimes referred to as Medicare for All, his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the proposal would be too expensive for taxpayers and is not politically viable. Story continues

Massachusetts Activists Mark MLK Holiday with 3-Day Walk Against Planned NED Fracked Gas Pipeline

Interview with Hattie Nestel, organizer of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Walk to Stop the NED Pipeline, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

When it comes to opposition to proposed fracked gas pipelines across the country, one of the best organized grassroots movements is based in the hill towns of rural northwest Massachusetts. For over a year, property owners, local officials, the president of the state senate, and major environmental groups have all intervened in the permitting process for a pipeline with the process of FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Opponents maintain that the Tennessee Pipe Line Company's Northeast Energy Direct pipeline isn't needed nor wanted to bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania through New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which they say will be exported to Eastern Canada. In November, Kinder Morgan, Tennessee pipeline's parent company filed information with FERC indicating the company may want to use a substantial percentage of the gas to feed a massive gas-powered electric power plant that could be built somewhere along the pipeline's proposed route. More than 1,700 intervenors have filed their opposition to the pipeline with FERC, which may be the largest number for any proposed pipeline. Story continues

Protest Actions Nationwide Strive to Reclaim Martin Luther King's Radical Legacy

Interview with Michelle Higgins, director of the group, Faith For Justice and an active member of the Organization for Black Struggle, conducted by Scott Harris

Over the past year-and-a-half, tens of thousands of people from across the United States have participated in protests calling attention to and demanding action to stop unjustified police violence in communities of color. The Black Lives Matter movement was launched after the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City during the summer of 2014. The movement's relevancy is continually demonstrated with frequent incidents of police misconduct now being captured on video recordings. Story continues

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Democracy is in full retreat in Tajikistan, the poorest nation in Central Asia which borders Afghanistan, China and Pakistan. President Emomali Rahmon who took power in 1994, has banned the moderate opposition party the Islamic Resistance Party of Tajikistan and labeled it a terrorist organization as activists have fled the nation. Now, the pro-Rahmon parliament has honored the president as "leader of the nation," which would bar any future criminal prosecution once his term ends in 2020. ("Tajikistan Early Warning: Internal Pressures, External Threats ," International Crisis Group, Jan. 11, 2016; "Tajikistan: Leader of the Nation Law Cements Autocratic Path," EurasiaNet, Dec. 11, 2015)
Amidst the overheated anti-immigrant rhetoric from Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Latino voters in Iowa are mobilizing for the Feb. 1 caucus. Unions and Hispanic groups are engaging with Democratic candidates and looking to build political power in the purple Midwestern state. ("Iowa's Latino voters mobilize for caucus as 2016 candidates vie for their support," The Guardian, Jan. 11, 2016)
Minneapolis is home to a new innovative pilot project designed to break up the cycle of homelessness among young adults with children. Youth participants involved with the initiative known as Heading Home Hennepin, have seen a 36 percent rise in individual income. ("Minneapolis's innovative attempt to help homeless kids," Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 21, 2015)

Recent Shows

January

Week Ending Jan. 22, 2016

Marcus Stanley: Breaking Up America's Big Banks is Key to Averting Future Financial Crises
Swapna Reddy: Advocacy Groups Challenge Latest ICE Immigrant Deportations
Jeremy Varon: Protest Demanding Shutdown of U.S. Guantanamo Prison Marks 14 Years Since Camp Opened

Week Ending Jan. 15, 2016

Caroline Fredrickson: Case Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Cripple Public Sector Labor Unions
Marc Mauer: New York Issues Conditional Pardon to Thousands of Youthful Offenders
Kim Ives: Amid Widespread Charges of Fraud, Haiti Cancels 2nd Round Presidential Election

Week Ending Jan. 8, 2016

Mark Weisbrot: Spanish Voters Reject Austerity, Boost New Podemos Party
Daniel Jacobson: Massive Methane Gas Leak in Southern California is Both a Public Health and Climate Disaster
Sean Elwee and Jason McDaniel: Study Finds Watching Fox News Reinforces Racist Views

Week Ending Jan. 1, 2016

Mongi Dhaouadi: With Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes on the Rise in U.S., Islamic Groups Enhance Security, Community Engagement
Mike Lawlor: Connecticut's Juvenile Justice Reforms Eyed as National Model
Les Leopold: New Book Explains Why U.S. Has Worst Income Inequality Among Developed Nations

December

Week Ending Dec. 25, 2015

David Pomerantz: Paris Summit's Carbon Reduction Agreement Not Enough to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe
Leticia Colon de Mejias: Climate Activist Urges Energy Conservation Over New Natural Gas Infrastructure
Garbriel Hetland: Hugo Chavez's Socialist Party Loses Election and Control of Legislature Amid Venezuelan Economic Crisis

Week Ending Dec. 18, 2015

Ladd Everitt: San Bernardino and Colorado Springs Mass Shootings Provoke Renewed Gun Control Debate
Heather Doyle: Climate Activists Challenge Abuse During Maryland Civil Disobedience Arrest
Patty Lovera: Consumers and Fishing Industry Oppose FDA Approval of Genetically Modified Salmon

Week Ending Dec. 11, 2015

John Coequyt: If Paris Climate Summit is a Turning Point, Governments Must Go Beyond Current Carbon Reduction Pledges
Julia Olson: In Children's Climate Change Lawsuit, Judge Affirms States' Obligation to Protect Future Generations
Miranda Blue: Toxic Rhetoric Feeds Violent Attacks on Planned Parenthood Clinics

Week Ending Dec. 4, 2015

Phyllis Bennis: Reliance on Military Response Alone Cannot Defeat ISIS
Nate Cardozo: CIA, FBI Launch Opportunistic Call to Expand Surveillance After Paris Attacks
Desmond Batts and Bernardo McLaughlin: Connecticut Capitol Rally Rejects Fracked Gas as Bridge Fuel to Low-Carbon Future

November

Week Ending Nov. 27, 2015

Vijay Prashad: ISIS Terrorist Attacks Designed to Hasten the "Apocalypse" and Instill Fear
Jacqueline Patterson: With Pressure, U.S. Climate Movement is Becoming More Inclusive of Communities of Color
Mat dos Santos: Oregon's Department of Justice Spied on State Residents Who Used #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter

Week Ending Nov. 20, 2015

Jessa Boehner: Full Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership Reveals Free Trade Agreement That Promotes Corporate Rights Over Citizens' Rights
Tim DeChristopher: The Danger of False Optimism in the Difficult Struggle Ahead Combatting Climate Change
Kalin Jordan: Activist Group Exposes and Challenges Koch Brothers Funding of Colleges and Universities Nationwide

Week Ending Nov. 13, 2015

Charles Glass: New U.S. Ground Troops in Syrian Conflict Likely to Intensify Multi-sided Proxy War
Randi Spivak: 'Keep It in the Ground Campaign' Calls on Obama to Halt Public Land Leasing for Fossil Fuel Extraction
Richard D. Wolff: Bernie Sanders' Democratic Socialism an Opportunity to Critique the Excesses of Capitalism

Week Ending Nov. 6, 2015

Andrew Cockburn: New Documents Reveal U.S. Drone Program's Deadly Flaws
Mary Grant: Privatization of Public Water Resources Jeopardizes the Affordability and Quality of Water Supplies
John H. Cushman Jr.: Investigative Report Finds Exxon Knew Climate Change was Real, But Funded Deniers to Sow Confusion

October

Week Ending Oct. 30, 2015

Maya Katz and Sulaiman Khatib: Former Israeli & Palestinian Combatants Tour U.S. Promoting Peaceful Settlement of Decades-Long Conflict
Jessa Boehner: Coalition Campaigns to Defeat Transpacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement in Congress
Matthew Gardner: American Corporations Shelter $2.1 Trillion in Offshore Profits, Withholding $620 Billion in U.S. Tax Revenue

Week Ending Oct. 23, 2015

Miko Peled: Israeli War Hero's Son Challenges His Nation's Policies Toward Palestinians
Chuck Collins: Transition Movement Seeks to Build Community Resilience Amid Energy, Climate Change and Economic Crises
Frances Moore Lappé: New Mindset Needed to Effectively Protect Earth's Ecosystem

Week Ending Oct. 16, 2015

Chris Toensing: Assessing the Consequences of Russian Intervention in Syria’s Civil War
Marla Marcum: Climate Disobedience Center Provides Support to Activists Engaged in Direct Action
Miranda Blue: Report Links Operation Rescue and Group that Released Videos to Discredit Planned Parenthood

Week Ending Oct. 9, 2015

May Boeve: Activists Hoping the Pope's Climate Change Message Will Spur Action at UN Paris Summit
Gaboury Benoit: Concern Grows Over Health Hazards Linked with Recycled Tires Used in Playgrounds and Athletic Fields
Ralph Nader: New Tort Museum Celebrates Victories of Law Over Corporate Power

Week Ending Oct. 2, 2015

Chip Berlet: Support for Trump and Racism is Mainstream in Today's Republican Party
Jimmy Betts and Ellen Barfield: Climate Activists Fast to Protest Natural Gas Projects that Exacerbate Climate Change
Rena Steinzor: Critics Condemn Department of Justice's Deferred Prosecution of GM for Deadly Auto Defect

September

Week Ending Sept. 25, 2015

Phyllis Bennis: International Nuclear Agreement with Iran a Victory for Diplomacy Over War
Osprey Orielle Lake: Women Disproportionately Affected by Climate Change Offer Unique Solutions to Address Climate Crisis
Allan Nairn: Guatemalan President Resigns Amid Corruption Charges, Implicated in Mass Murder

Week Ending Sept. 18, 2015

Arun Gupta: Union-Backed 'Fight For $15' Campaign Marginalizes Larger Struggle for Worker Power
Scott Semple: Connecticut Moves Toward a More Humane Approach to Prison Management
Eve Spangler: Abiding by Human Rights Framework an Unexplored Path to Resolving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Week Ending Sept. 11, 2015

Ben Norton: Aided by Flawed Journalism, Iran Nuclear Deal Opponents Spread Disinformation
Jitu Brown: Parents, Teachers and Activists Engage in Hunger Strike to Save Dyett High School in Chicago
Norman Solomon: Activists Petition Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders to Declare His Foreign Policy Platform

Week Ending Sept. 4, 2015

Mark Klein: AT&T's Unique Relationship with NSA Comes Under Scrutiny After Release of Snowden Documents
Jordon Flaherty: Many Poor and Black Residents Driven Out of New Orleans by Post-Katrina Recovery Policies
Carmen Watkins: 'Journey for Justice' March from Selma to Washington Mobilizes Activists Across Five Southern States

August

Week Ending Aug. 28, 2015

Matthew Hoh: As Military Situation in Afghanistan Deteriorates, U.S. Could be Drawn Back into Endless War
Cynthia Sartou: New Orleans Still Faces Enormous Challenges 10 Years After Katrina, 5 Years After the BP Oil Disaster
Eric Kingson: Social Security Disability Fund Shortfall Solution Becomes New GOP Hostage in Congressional Debate

Week Ending Aug. 21, 2015

Patty Lovera: House Passes Bill That Would Ban State Laws Mandating Labeling of GMO Foods
Jaydee Hanson: EPA Sued for its Conditional Approval of Nanotechnology Pesticide
Anthony Campbell: Psychological Health of Police Officers a Critical Factor in Ethical Law Enforcement

Week Ending Aug. 14, 2015

Daphne Wysham: Opposition to Arctic Oil Drilling Provokes Civil Disobedience Actions Targeting Shell Icebreaker in Portland
Anne Kelly: President’s Clean Power Plan Attracts Business Support
Vijay Das: On Medicare's 50th Anniversary, Bills in Congress Would Expand Medicare to All Citizens

Week Ending Aug. 7, 2015

Paul Kawika Martin: Will Congressional Rejection of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Lead to War?
Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses Opportunities for Building Progressive Movement in 2016 Presidential Campaign
Luz Catarineau and Mark Colville: New Haven’s Amistad Catholic Worker House Celebrates 20 Years of Social Justice Activism

July

Week Ending July 31, 2015

Jamal Abdi: U.S. Peace Movement Must Mobilize to Prevent Congress from Killing the Iran Nuclear Accord
Stephen F. Cohen: U.S., Russian Military Escalation in Ukraine Could Lead to Dangerous Unintended Consequences
Wendsler Nosie: Apache Tribal Activists Fight to Reverse Land Grab of Sacred Arizona Site

Week Ending July 24, 2015

Mark Weisbrot: Tentative EU-Greece Bailout Deal Inflicts More Painful Austerity, But Will Fail Without Debt Relief
Dustin White: Supreme Court Ruling Against EPA in Mercury Pollution Case Not a Victory for Coal Industry
Mark Potok: Congress Needs to Investigate Threat of Domestic Terrorism Posed by White Supremacist Hate Groups

Week Ending July 17, 2015

James S. Henry: Greeks Say No to More EU Austerity, Yes to Dignity
Raleigh Hoke: Despite $18.7 Billion BP Gulf Oil Spill Settlement, Concerns Remain How Money will be Spent
Wayne Smith: Former U.S. Diplomat Celebrates Normalization of U.S.-Cuba Relations

Week Ending July 10, 2015

John Mearsheimer: U.S. Deployment of Heavy Military Equipment to the Baltics and Eastern Europe Escalates Tension with Russia
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling: The Pope’s Climate Change Encyclical Inspires Action Among Religious Communities
Nick Nyhart: As Congress Blocks Restoration of Voting Rights Act, GOP-Governed States Continue to Enact Voter Suppression Laws

Week Ending July 3, 2015

Graylan Hagler: Charleston Massacre Provokes Long Overdue National Debate Confronting Racist Ideology
Gretchen Borchelt: Current Legal Battle to Keep Texas Abortion Clinics Open Could Effect Change Across the U.S.
Jim Dean: Progressive PAC Threatens "Free Trade Democrats" with Primary Challenges

June

Week Ending June 26, 2015

Sarah Anderson: Free Trade Opponents Claim Victory in Defeating Fast Track, But Critical Battles Still Lie Ahead
Kimberly Hart, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp, and Dominique Dickey: Rally in New Haven Challenges Yale, Private Sector and City to Create Living Wage Jobs
Kshama Sawant: Seattle's Passage of $15 Minimum Wage Inspires Similar Campaigns Nationwide

Week Ending June 19, 2015

Sue Udry: Civil Liberties Advocates Say USA Freedom Act Falls Short on Reforming NSA Dragnet Surveillance
Susan Rubin: Opponents Rally to Stop Expansion of Gas Pipeline Near Troubled Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
Jennifer Clark: GOP Voter Suppression Laws Challenged Ahead of 2016 Presidential Election

Week Ending June 12, 2015

Medea Benjamin: Women's Walk for Peace Across Demilitarized Zone Advocates Peace Treaty Between North and South Korea
Sydney Grange: Protesters Demand Federal Energy Commission Stop Rubber-Stamping Gas Industry Projects
Jean Ross: Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders Champions Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street

Week Ending June 5, 2015

Adam Johnson: U.S. Media Buries the Lead in Special Forces Assault Inside Syria
Rebecca Craven: Wisconsin Dane County Zoning Board Demands Spill Insurance for Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline
Peter Jenkins: Environmentalists Say White House Pollinator Health Task Force Protections Fall Short