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 May 4, 2016 for week ending May 13, 2016
"In Texas, you can use a license to bear a firearm, but you can't use a student ID. And so some of these restrictions seem targeted at trying to make it harder for certain populations to vote, but not others."
– Adam Gitlin, counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice Democracy program, on one of the many ways that voting rights are being suppressed
Listen to the entire program using these links, or to individual
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Interview with Adam Gitlin, counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice Democracy program, conducted by Scott Harris
Since the 2010 midterm election, 22 states, most of them controlled by the Republican party, have passed an assortment of new laws that make it more difficult for specific groups of citizens to vote. Seventeen states will have new voting restriction laws in place for the first time in a presidential election, in November 2016. These measures include restrictive voter ID laws, reduction in the days and hours of early voting, and obstacles placed on registering new voters and accessing absentee ballots. New voter suppression laws in these states were made possible in large part by the Supreme Court's 2013 ruling, which gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Interview with Mohamad Hafez, Syrian-born artist and architect, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
The war in Syria has entered its sixth year, and despite a partial ceasefire in place for a few months that somewhat reduced the daily number of fatalities and injuries, late April attacks by both the Assad government and some rebel groups in the city of Aleppo caused the deaths of more than 200 Syrians. The United Nations and humanitarian groups have estimated that more than 300,000 Syrians have been killed in the war thus far – with more than 11 million refugees and internally displaced persons since 2011 – more than half the country's prewar population.
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Interview with Jesse Myerson, independent journalist, conducted by Scott Harris
With the current delegate count favoring Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic Party nomination, many disappointed supporters of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign are now focusing on a larger goal. Activists who have dedicated the last year to winning primary elections for the Vermont senator are now discussing the potential of transforming their unexpectedly strong campaign into an enduring progressive movement.
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This week’s summary of under-reported news
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Compiled by Bob Nixon
- In early March, Honduran indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres was assassinated by a masked man who broke into her home. Two weeks later, her colleague Nelson Garcia was killed, putting pressure on the Obama White House to pursue justice for dozens of murdered activists, journalists and labor leaders in Honduras since a 2009 coup. Four men linked to Caceres murder were arrested by Honduran police on May 2nd, but Caceres's family members have asked for an independent investigation by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a demand rejected by the government.("Honduras Arrests 4 Men in Killing of Berta Cáceres, Indigenous Activist," New York Times, May 2, 2016)
- The Nu River, China's last wild river winds through a remote area of southwestern China near the border with Myanmar. It is now the scene of a fierce battle between a state-owned electric company and environmentalists. For the time being, it appears green activists are winning the day as many in China see the area as a future magnet for tourism.("Will China Save Its Last Undammed River?" Christan Science Monitor, April 10, 2016)
- In high school, Baltimore resident Destiny Watford raised local concern about the health impact of a proposed massive waste to energy incinerator slated for her Curtis Bay neighborhood. The plant would have emitted over one thousand pounds of lead into the air annually.("One Student's Fight for Clean Air in Baltimore," The American Prospect, April 20, 2016;
"The Folly of Burning Trash for Clean Energy," The Goldman Prize, April 2016)
Recent Shows
May
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Sheila Carapico: Questions on 9/11 and Dismal Human Rights Record Cast Shadow on U.S.-Saudi Relationship
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James Hansen: Climate Scientist Promotes Carbon Fee and Dividend System to Reduce Burning of Fossil Fuels
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Antonia Juhasz: Six Years After BP Oil Spill Disaster, Public Opinion Turns Against Dangerous Deep Water Oil Drilling
April
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Carl Takei: ACLU Sues for Bureau of Prisons Documents on Approval of CIA Torture Site
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Arabelle Schoenberg: In a Symbolic Step, Yale Partially Divests from Fossil Fuels
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Sonali Kolhatkar: French 'Stay Up All Night' Movement Gathers Momentum to Challenge Economic Status Quo
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James S. Henry: Panama Papers Reveal How the World's Rich and Powerful Hide Their Wealth
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James Hansen: Climate Change is Worse Than You Thought
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Margrete Strand Rangnes: Democracy Awakening Actions Demand Reforms to Rein in Big Money's Influence in U.S. Politics
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Ted Snider: Brazilian Corruption Crisis or Attempted Coup d'etat?
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Tyson Slocum: Community Solar Programs Can Deliver Cheap Renewable Energy to All Income Groups
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Harvey Wasserman: With Voter Suppression and Unverifiable Electronic Voting, 2016 Election Results Vulnerable to Theft
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Mel Goodman: GOP Candidates Trump, Cruz Follow ISIS Script By Stoking Hate and Fear Against Muslims
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Mary Grant: Lead Poisoning Crisis in Flint Provokes Call for Federal Investment in Nation’s Public Water Infrastructure
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Peter Kornbluh: After Thaw in U.S. Relations, Cubans Pursue Slow but Steady Pace of Change
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John Nichols: Ratings and Profit 'Trump' Journalism, As Big Media Gives 'The Donald' Billions in Free Airtime
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Christopher Vials: Scholar: 'Donald Trump is Part of the Dark U.S. Fascist Tradition'
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Josh Fox: New Documentary Film on Climate Change Supports Communities Combatting Fossil Fuel Expansion
March
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Melinda St. Louis: Primary Election Results Reflect Opposition to Free Trade, Challenging Elite Bipartisan Consensus
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Robert Pollin: Study Finds Green Economy Produces Three Times More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Industry
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Tim Judson: Five Years Later Nuclear Crisis at Fukushima Continues
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Dana Frank: Indigenous Activist Berta Cáceres Slain Amid Honduras' Rising Political Violence
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Gretchen Borchelt: Reproductive Rights Advocates Hopeful Supreme Court Will Overturn Restrictive Texas Abortion Law
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Michael Winston: 'Bank Whistleblowers United' Challenge Presidential Candidates to Reject Dirty Wall Street Money
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Mark Potok: Trump Closes in on Winning GOP Nomination with Racist Rhetoric
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Jennifer G. Loewenstein: Proxy Fighters and Religious Conflict Present Major Obstacles to Ending Syria’s Civil War
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Lula White: Freedom Rider Honored for her role in the Civil Rights Struggle
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall: FBI vs. Apple: What's at Stake in Encryption Fight
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Ron Allen: Battle to Protect Indigenous Rights 'Is Not on the Rez, It’s Outside the Rez'
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Kai Newkirk: Mass Civil Disobedience Planned for U.S. Capitol in April to Protest Big Money in Politics
February
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Ari Paul: Battle to Replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Looms as Major Election Issue
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Megan Holleran: Direct Action in Pennsylvania Blocks Destruction of Maple Trees for Proposed Gas Pipeline
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Paul Kawika Martin: U.S.-Russia Weapons Build-up Signals Dangerous New Cold War
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Jessa Boehner: Broad Coalition Campaigns to Prevent U.S. Approval of Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement
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Stephen Zunes: Iraq War Vote Shadows Clinton Candidacy
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Carey Shenkman: UN Panel Says WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Being Arbitrarily Detained
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George Lakey: Bernie Sanders Supporters Should Have a Plan B: Build a Movement
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David McGuire: Connecticut Moves to Reform Cash Bail System for Low-level Defendants
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Kieran Suckling: Courageous Public Land Advocates Confronted Armed Militia Group That Took Over Oregon Wildlife Refuge
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Jake Johnston: 'Utter Contempt for Will of the Haitian People,' Provokes Cancellation of Presidential Election
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Alex Felson: With the Climate Crisis Already Here, States Work to Adapt
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David Holtz: Abusive Government and Environmental Racism at Heart of Flint Water Crisis
January
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Robert Zarr: Sanders: Single-Payer is Only System that Can Achieve Universal Health Care
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Hattie Nestel: Massachusetts Activists Mark MLK Holiday with 3-Day Walk Against Planned NED Fracked Gas Pipeline
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Michelle Higgins: Protest Actions Nationwide Strive to Reclaim Martin Luther King's Radical Legacy
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Marcus Stanley: Breaking Up America's Big Banks is Key to Averting Future Financial Crises
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Swapna Reddy: Advocacy Groups Challenge Latest ICE Immigrant Deportations
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Jeremy Varon: Protest Demanding Shutdown of U.S. Guantanamo Prison Marks 14 Years Since Camp Opened
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Caroline Fredrickson: Case Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Cripple Public Sector Labor Unions
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Marc Mauer: New York Issues Conditional Pardon to Thousands of Youthful Offenders
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Kim Ives: Amid Widespread Charges of Fraud, Haiti Cancels 2nd Round Presidential Election
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Mongi Dhaouadi: With Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes on the Rise in U.S., Islamic Groups Enhance Security, Community Engagement
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Mike Lawlor: Connecticut's Juvenile Justice Reforms Eyed as National Model
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Les Leopold: New Book Explains Why U.S. Has Worst Income Inequality Among Developed Nations
December
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David Pomerantz: Paris Summit's Carbon Reduction Agreement Not Enough to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe
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Leticia Colon de Mejias: Climate Activist Urges Energy Conservation Over New Natural Gas Infrastructure
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Garbriel Hetland: Hugo Chavez's Socialist Party Loses Election and Control of Legislature Amid Venezuelan Economic Crisis
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Ladd Everitt: San Bernardino and Colorado Springs Mass Shootings Provoke Renewed Gun Control Debate
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Heather Doyle: Climate Activists Challenge Abuse During Maryland Civil Disobedience Arrest
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Patty Lovera: Consumers and Fishing Industry Oppose FDA Approval of Genetically Modified Salmon
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John Coequyt: If Paris Climate Summit is a Turning Point, Governments Must Go Beyond Current Carbon Reduction Pledges
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Julia Olson: In Children's Climate Change Lawsuit, Judge Affirms States' Obligation to Protect Future Generations
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Miranda Blue: Toxic Rhetoric Feeds Violent Attacks on Planned Parenthood Clinics
November
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Vijay Prashad: ISIS Terrorist Attacks Designed to Hasten the "Apocalypse" and Instill Fear
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Jacqueline Patterson: With Pressure, U.S. Climate Movement is Becoming More Inclusive of Communities of Color
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Mat dos Santos: Oregon's Department of Justice Spied on State Residents Who Used #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter
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Jessa Boehner: Full Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership Reveals Free Trade Agreement That Promotes Corporate Rights Over Citizens' Rights
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Tim DeChristopher: The Danger of False Optimism in the Difficult Struggle Ahead Combatting Climate Change
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Kalin Jordan: Activist Group Exposes and Challenges Koch Brothers Funding of Colleges and Universities Nationwide
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Charles Glass: New U.S. Ground Troops in Syrian Conflict Likely to Intensify Multi-sided Proxy War
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Randi Spivak: 'Keep It in the Ground Campaign' Calls on Obama to Halt Public Land Leasing for Fossil Fuel Extraction
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Richard D. Wolff: Bernie Sanders' Democratic Socialism an Opportunity to Critique the Excesses of Capitalism
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Andrew Cockburn: New Documents Reveal U.S. Drone Program's Deadly Flaws
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Mary Grant: Privatization of Public Water Resources Jeopardizes the Affordability and Quality of Water Supplies
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John H. Cushman Jr.: Investigative Report Finds Exxon Knew Climate Change was Real, But Funded Deniers to Sow Confusion
October
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Maya Katz and Sulaiman Khatib: Former Israeli & Palestinian Combatants Tour U.S. Promoting Peaceful Settlement of Decades-Long Conflict
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Jessa Boehner: Coalition Campaigns to Defeat Transpacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement in Congress
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Matthew Gardner: American Corporations Shelter $2.1 Trillion in Offshore Profits, Withholding $620 Billion in U.S. Tax Revenue
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Miko Peled: Israeli War Hero's Son Challenges His Nation's Policies Toward Palestinians
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Chuck Collins: Transition Movement Seeks to Build Community Resilience Amid Energy, Climate Change and Economic Crises
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Frances Moore Lappé: New Mindset Needed to Effectively Protect Earth's Ecosystem
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Chris Toensing: Assessing the Consequences of Russian Intervention in Syria’s Civil War
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Marla Marcum: Climate Disobedience Center Provides Support to Activists Engaged in Direct Action
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Miranda Blue: Report Links Operation Rescue and Group that Released Videos to Discredit Planned Parenthood
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May Boeve: Activists Hoping the Pope's Climate Change Message Will Spur Action at UN Paris Summit
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Gaboury Benoit: Concern Grows Over Health Hazards Linked with Recycled Tires Used in Playgrounds and Athletic Fields
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Ralph Nader: New Tort Museum Celebrates Victories of Law Over Corporate Power
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Chip Berlet: Support for Trump and Racism is Mainstream in Today's Republican Party
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Jimmy Betts and Ellen Barfield: Climate Activists Fast to Protest Natural Gas Projects that Exacerbate Climate Change
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Rena Steinzor: Critics Condemn Department of Justice's Deferred Prosecution of GM for Deadly Auto Defect
September
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Phyllis Bennis: International Nuclear Agreement with Iran a Victory for Diplomacy Over War
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Osprey Orielle Lake: Women Disproportionately Affected by Climate Change Offer Unique Solutions to Address Climate Crisis
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Allan Nairn: Guatemalan President Resigns Amid Corruption Charges, Implicated in Mass Murder
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Arun Gupta: Union-Backed 'Fight For $15' Campaign Marginalizes Larger Struggle for Worker Power
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Scott Semple: Connecticut Moves Toward a More Humane Approach to Prison Management
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Eve Spangler: Abiding by Human Rights Framework an Unexplored Path to Resolving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict