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 March 1, 2017 for week ending March 10, 2017

"It's pretty clear that Donald Trump installed Scott Pruitt in the EPA to dismantle the agency from within. ... Trump's budget calls for an increase in military spending by $54 billion and a cut of the EPA budget by 25 percent, including a 20 percent reduction in staff."

– Ben Schreiber, senior political strategist with Friends of the Earth, on how cutting a relatively small agency by $6 billion to boost defense spending is a drop in the bucket compared to the nearly $600 billion military budget.

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Trump and Pruitt Plan to Dismantle EPA Through Deep Budget Cuts, Staff Layoffs

Interview with Benjamin Schreiber, senior political strategist with Friends of the Earth, conducted by Scott Harris

Among President Trump’s Cabinet appointees and staff are a long list of climate change deniers and individuals with very close ties to the fossil fuel industry. The real estate billionaire and reality TV star sent a clear message to America and the world when he chose Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a dedicated ally of the oil and gas industry to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. During his time as Oklahoma's attorney general, he’s filed 14 lawsuits against the EPA, some of which are ongoing, and he generally took a stand against many EPA air and water quality standards. Story continues

Progressives Ponder Next Move After Ellison Loses to Perez in DNC Chair Election

Interview with Shannon Jackson, executive director of Our Revolution, conducted by Scott Harris

As the Democratic Party was adjusting to being iced out of power in Congress and the White House under the Donald Trump presidency, the long-awaited election of a new chairperson of the Democratic National Committee was held in Atlanta, Georgia on Feb. 25. The two main contenders for the post were Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, a supporter of Bernie Sanders' presidential bid and former Obama Labor Secretary Tom Perez. When Perez won the chairmanship by a vote of 235 to 200, there were concerns that many Sanders supporters and other progressives who had supported Ellison may walk away from the party and invest their time and energy in independent political projects. Story continues

Drug Addiction Plaguing Northern Plains Indigenous Communities Linked to Oil Industry

Excerpt of talk by Julie Richards, Oglala Lakota anti-pipeline activist and founder of Mothers Against Meth Alliance, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus

Julie Richards is an Oglala Lakota woman who grew up on one of the Sioux reservations that dot North and South Dakota. As a water protector, she was the first woman to lock herself down to oil drilling machinery as Energy Transfer Partners was building the controversial Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. The pipeline is heading toward completion as the company, with the blessing of the Trump administration, drills under the Missouri River to complete the 1,172-mile project that indigenous people call the Black Snake. Story continues

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After three years of bloody civil war in South Sudan, the United Nations declared a famine in the East African nation. 100,000 people now face the immediate threat of starvation, with a million more at risk for famine. The ongoing crisis has intensified since the South Sudan government blocked aid shipments to hard hit regions in the country that was founded in 2011. Many farmers have stopped planting crops due to rising violence. Joyce Luma, South Sudan director for the World Food Programme declared “the famine is man-made. There is only so much humanitarian assistance can achieve in the absence of meaningful peace and security.” ("Famine Hits Parts of South Sudan," Food and Agriculture Organization of the Inited Nations, Feb. 20, 2017; "‘Our Worst Fears Have Been Realized’: the Famine We Could Have Stopped in South Sudan," Foreign Policy, Feb. 21, 2017)
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States’ long standing support of a “two-state” solution that many hoped would bring peace to Israel and Palestine. During a joint appearance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump showed little interest in endorsing any formula for Middle East peace. ("Donald Trump Says Us not Committed to Two-State Israel-Palestine Solution," The Guardian, Feb. 16, 2017; "Israel's Right-Wing Revolutionaries," Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 14, 2017)
As the Trump administration rolls back transgender rights for students, leading American corporations like Wal-Mart, Chevron, Apple and General Electric have won high praise for establishing inclusionary policies toward the LGBTQ community. This comes in the face of attacks by social conservatives over so-called bathroom bills that they support in states including North Carolina and Texas. ("A Bright Spot In Hard Times: LGBTQ Workplace Equality," Huffington Post, Dec. 9, 2016; "Record Number of Corporations Earn Perfect Score for LGBT-Friendly Policies," Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 6, 2016)

Recent Shows

March

Week Ending March 3, 2017

Norman Solomon: Nationwide Effort to Impeach Donald Trump Launches with Petition Drive
Matt Wood: New Trump FCC Chairman Aims to End Net Neutrality, Consumer Protections
Fatima Rojas: Advocacy Groups Reach Out to Immigrant Communities Fearful of Trump Mass Deportations

February

Week Ending Feb. 24, 2017

Allegra Chapman: Attorney General Sessions Must be Watched Closely for Biased Conduct
Chase Iron Eyes: Opponents Prepare for Last Stand After Trump OKs Resuming DAPL Construction
Leslie Cagan: Unity, Diverse Tactics and Local Focus Key to Sustain Anti-Trump Activist Movement

Week Ending Feb. 17, 2017

Elliott Mincberg: If Senate Confirms Gorsuch for Supreme Court, Corporate America Wins, Workers Lose
Carol Burris: DeVos Narrowly Confirmed by Senate, Resistance to Privatization of Education Continues
Keishar Tucker: “Inside the Box” Project Aims to Inspire Movement to End Solitary Confinement

Week Ending Feb. 10, 2017

Pardiss Kebriaei: Legal Challenge Temporarily Blocks Trump Muslim Ban
Medea Benjamin: Do Massive Anti-Trump Protests Signal Rebirth of a U.S. Progressive Movement?
Marc Mauer: Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Likely to Suffer Under Trump

Week Ending Feb. 3, 2017

women's march: The Trump Resistance Starts Now: Voices of the New Regime Change Movement
Tim DeChristopher: Taking Risks to Protect the Planet in Trump Era of Climate Change Denial
Aaron Scherb: Lawsuit Claims Trump Conflicts of Interest Violates U.S. Constitution

January

Week Ending Jan. 27, 2017

Mel Goodman: Trump, Russia and How U.S. Provoked a New Cold War
Jeremy Brecher: Organizing Social Self-Defense Under the Trump Regime
Paul Gunter: Deal Reached to Close Indian Point, One of America's Most Dangerous Nuclear Power Plants

Week Ending Jan. 20, 2017

Robert Borosage: As Trump Moves into the White House, Democrats Need a Bold New Vision
George Lakey: Scandinavian Economic Model Provides Blueprint for a More Egalitarian Society
Ted Glick: Activist's Fast to Pressure Obama to Grant Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Executive Clemency

Week Ending Jan. 13, 2017

Richard Silverstein: Obama's Break with Israel's Settler Expansion Too Little, Too Late
Chip Gibbons: Trump and Cabinet Nominees Pose a Grave Threat to Civil Liberties
Steve Palumbi: Climate Change's Rising Ocean Temperatures Bleaching and Killing Earth's Vital Coral

Week Ending Jan. 6, 2017

Greg Palast: Here's Why the GOP Fought So Hard to Stop Rust Belt State Vote Recount
Wendell Potter: Trump Pledge to Repeal Obamacare Will Trigger Insurance Marketplace Chaos and Political Backlash
Marty Hayden: Trump and GOP Threaten to Overturn Obama's New Mining Stream Protection Rule

December

Week Ending Dec. 30, 2016

Drew Courtney: Sen. Jeff Sessions' Attorney General Nomination Among Trump's Most Dangerous Cabinet Picks
Benjamin Schreiber: Trump Administration Intent on Eviscerating Environmental and Climate Protection Regulations
Rebecca Vilkomerson: Trump's New Extremist Ambassador to Israel Removes Fig Leaf from U.S. Middle East Policy

Week Ending Dec. 23, 2016

Michael Corcoran: To Stop Trump Agenda, Progressive Activists Must Push Democrats to Boldly Resist
Stacy Mitchell: New Report Warns of Amazon.com's Increasing Dominance, Endangering Competition and Democracy
Stephanie Tsosie: Tribe Welcomes Army Corps Decision on Dakota Access Pipeline, But Fight Far From Over

Week Ending Dec. 16, 2016

Nancy Altman: Trump Cabinet Pick Advocates Privatization of Medicare
Cassady Fendlay: Women's March on Washington Challenging Trump Agenda Gathers National Momentum
Johanna Rupprecht: Campaign Wins Ban on Frac Sand Mining in Minnesota's Winona County

Week Ending Dec. 9, 2016

Steven Rosenfeld: Election Recounts in Key Battleground States Will Reveal Deep Flaws in U.S. Electoral Machinery
Robert Jensen: Passive U.S. Media Moving Quickly to Normalize Trump's Hate Speech and Stream of Nonstop Lies
Ron Pauley: GOP Senate Leader Blocking Bill to Extend Promised Health Care to Retired Coal Miners

Week Ending Dec. 2, 2016

Drew Courtney: Opponents Organize to Block Expected Trump Muslim Registry and Jeff Sessions' Attorney General Nomination
Greg Palast: GOP Wrongly Purged More Than 1 Million Votes, Changing Election Outcome
Kyle Bailey: Maine Becomes First State in Nation to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting System

November

Week Ending Nov. 25, 2016

Thomas Frank: Democrats' Failure to Address Economic Insecurity Gave Trump Election Advantage
Dr. Willie Parker: Trump's Vow to Make Abortion Illegal Will Have Greatest Impact on Nation's Poor
Chris Pearson: Viable Campaign Underway to Nullify America's Undemocratic Electoral College

Week Ending Nov. 18, 2016

Robert Parry: Will Russia's Role in U.S. Election Provoke or Avert New Cold War?
John P. Geyman: Obamacare Insurance Rate Increases Prompt Renewed Call for Medicare for All
Anthony Rogers-Wright: Climate Activists Brace for Post-Election Fight to Rein in Fossil Fuels Expansion

Week Ending Nov. 11, 2016

Sue Udry: Civil Liberties Groups Will Push Next President For Stronger Surveillance Reforms
Matt Wood: Proposed AT&T-Time Warner Merger Provokes Broad Opposition
Corey Menafee: Campaign to Change Yale University College Pro-Slavery Namesake Gains Momentum

Week Ending Nov. 4, 2016

Marge Baker: Next President Will Have the Power to Shift Direction of Supreme Court
Brigid Flaherty: Women Rise Up to Protest Trump's Boast of Sexual Assault and GOP's Legacy of Sexism
Roger Salazar: California's Proposition 61 Threatens Drug Company Monopoly Pricing

October

Week Ending Oct. 28, 2016

Mark Ames: Charges of Russian Interference in U.S. Election Adds to Fear of New Cold War
Bill Fletcher Jr.: A Post-Election Strategy for the U.S. Progressive Movement
Arlinda Tray Johns: Formerly Incarcerated Woman Strives to Become an Attorney and Fight for Criminal Justice Reform

Week Ending Oct. 21, 2016

Jennifer Clark: Group Warns Trump's 'Election Observers' Can Lead to Voter Intimidation
Shane Burley: 'Alt-Right' White Supremacists Organizing Support on U.S. College Campuses
Chris Schweitzer: City Promotes Dialogue on Climate Change as Essential Prerequisite to Action

Week Ending Oct. 14, 2016

Chris Knestrick: Colombian Voters Narrowly Reject Peace Agreement to End 52 Years of War
Mary Katherine Nagle: Resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline Part of Larger Struggle to Protect Indigenous Rights
Adele M. Stan: Donors Linked with Koch Brothers Network Funding Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson

Week Ending Oct. 7, 2016

Kennette Benedict: Obama Administration Rejects Adopting Nuclear Weapons No-First Use Pledge
Kevin Alexander Gray: Professional Athletes Stepping Up to Protest Police Violence and Racial Injustice
John Harrity: Machinists Union Adopts Resolution Making the Fight Against Climate Change a Priority

September

Week Ending Sept. 30, 2016

Trevor Timm: U.S. Human Rights Groups Press Obama to Grant Snowden Presidential Pardon
Hugh MacMillan: Report Details Wall Street Banks Financing Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline
Patricia Hynes: U.S. Military Industrial Complex a Major Contributor to Climate Change Crisis

Week Ending Sept. 23, 2016

Melinda St. Louis: Coalition Organizing to Stop Passage of TPP Free Trade Pact in Lame Duck Session of Congress
Rahna Epting: Campaign Launched to Make Democracy Reform Focus of 1st Presidential Debate
Paul Winter: Paul Winter's New Song Supports Movement to Free Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier

Week Ending Sept. 16, 2016

Laura Carlsen: Mexicans Contemptuous of Trump and Their President After Embarrassing Meeting
Cody Hall: Indigenous Nations Resist Construction of North Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
James S. Henry: EU Imposes $14.5 Billion Tax on Apple After Tax Avoidance Scheme Uncovered

Week Ending Sept. 9, 2016

Michael Beer: Turkey Invades Northern Syria and Attacks U.S.-Backed Kurdish Rebels
Chip Berlet: Alt-Right Racists Leading Trump Campaign Enter Upper Echelon of Mainstream U.S. Politics
Chad Cordell: After Long Campaign, West Virginia DEP Shuts Down Mountaintop Removal Mine Near State Forest

Week Ending Sept. 2, 2016

Dr. Steffie Woolhandler: Aetna, Other Insurance Companies Exit Obamacare, Illustrates Need for Medicare For All
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad: America's Growing Racial Wealth Divide Endangers Nation's Future Economic Health
Pamela Roush and Sharry Mullins: After Devastating West Virginia Floods, Neighbors Help Neighbors, but Volunteers Still Needed

August

Week Ending Aug. 26, 2016

Robert Parry: Ahead in the Polls, Hillary Clinton Embraces GOP Neocon War Hawks
Michael Hendryx: West Virginia Asks for Health Study to Determine Health Impact of Mountaintop Coal Mining
Brian Tashman: Trump and Rubio's Attendance at Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Event Sends Message of Intolerance

Week Ending Aug. 19, 2016

Paul Kawika Martin: U.S. Poised to Build New Generation of Nuclear Weapons As World Marks 71 Years Since Atomic Bombing of Japan
Bob Zellner: Moral Revolution of Values Tour Carries on Civil and Human Rights Struggle
Kristen Breitweiser: 9/11 Widow Demands Investigation and Accountability for Alleged Saudi Link to Sept. 11 Attack

Week Ending Aug. 12, 2016

Chuck Collins: Inequality a Major Issue in U.S. Presidential Election Campaign, First Time in Decades
Mark Weisbrot: U.S. Legislators Question Integrity of Brazil's Impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff
Claire Miller: Environmental Groups Call for Halt to New England Natural Gas Energy Conversion

Week Ending Aug. 5, 2016

Jeff Cohen: Sanders Supporters Disaffected Over Clinton's Choice of Sen. Tim Kaine as Running Mate
Frederick Clarkson: Christian Right Still Setting the Culture War Agenda for Republicans
Anne Rolfes: Grassroots Campaign Launched to End New Oil and Gas Drilling Leases in Gulf of Mexico

July

Week Ending July 29, 2016

Ben Beachy: Leaked Documents Reveal TTIP Free Trade Agreement Would Undermine Climate, Environment, Consumer Protections
Pilar Schiavo: Bernie Sanders and Supporters Push Democratic Party to Adopt Medicare-for-All in Party Platform
Craig Aaron: Federal Appeals Court Upholds FCC's Net Neutrality Rules, Protecting Open Internet

Week Ending July 22, 2016

Graylan Hagler: After Week's Tragic Violence, Americans Remain Divided on Issues of Police Accountability and Race
David Swanson: Britain's Chilcot Report on Iraq War Deceptions Highlights Lack of Accountability in U.K. and U.S.
Katelyn Parady: Campaign Launched to Incorporate Climate Justice Mandates in the New England Cap and Trade Program

Week Ending July 15, 2016

Scott Swenson: Does Supreme Court's Overturning Former Virginia Gov. McDonnell Graft Conviction Decriminalize Corruption?
Joshua Pribanic: Probe Sought Into Government Suppression of Link Between Water Contamination and Fracking
Andrew Hanauer: Flawed Oversight Board Formed to Address Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Defended as Only Alternative