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Job Killer? How Media Spin Got Obamacare Wrong — and Why Single-Payer Could Cure Its Actual Flaws; Empire of Necessity: Historian Greg Grandin on Slavery, Freedom and Deception in the New World; In Latin American Votes, Honduran Movements Cement Role While El Salvador Poised for Historic Shift. HeadlinesFebruary 6, 2014 U.N. Says Syria Can … Continued
“An Olympic Snowden”: U.S. Athlete on Being Turned Into a “Spokesperson for Verizon” at 2006 Games; “Celebration Capitalism & the Olympics”: Global Protests Mark Opening of Sochi Games. HeadlinesFebruary 5, 2014 Senate OKs Farm Bill With $8.7 Billion in Food Stamp Cuts North Carolina: Up to 82,000 Tons of Coal Ash, 27 Million Gallons … Continued
Kids For Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals. HeadlinesFebruary 4, 2014 Rallies Held Nationwide to Protest Keystone XL Oil Pipeline After State Dept. Report Report: Cancer-Causing Pollutants from Alberta’s Oil Sands Vastly Underestimated Congress Urged to Raise Debt Ceiling or Risk Default U.S. Internet Firms Release Data on Secret … Continued
Debate: State Dept Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, But Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?Environmental Groups “Shocked” by Reports of NSA Spying of U.N. Climate Talks; Michigan Activists Face Up to 2 Years in Prison for Protesting Oil Pipeline Behind 2010 Spill; One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler & Kimberle Crenshaw on Global Movement to … Continued
We Will Not Break the Law to Enforce the Law”: NYC to Reform Stop & Frisk, End Racial Profiling; Wallace Shawn on Artistic Solidarity: As Glenn Greenwald Can’t Return to U.S., I Took My Play To Him. HeadlinesJanuary 31, 2014 U.S. Accuses Syria of Stalling on Chemical Weapons Deal Report: Syrian Authorities Razed Neighborhoods … Continued
From Al Jazeera on Trial to Bloggers Behind Bars, Army-Run Egypt Sees Growing “Silencing of Dissent”; Sharif Abdel Kouddous: 3 Years After Revolution, Egypt Faces Deadly Polarization & Growing Militancy; Debate: Is Ukraine’s Opposition a Democratic Movement or a Force of Right-Wing Extremism? HeadlinesJanuary 30, 2014 House OKs Farm Bill With $8.6 Billion in … Continued
In SOTU, Obama Tells Divided Congress to Expect Executive Action in Face of Continued Obstructio; “A Silent Coup”: Jeremy Scahill & Bob Herbert on Corporate, Military Interests Shaping Obama’s SOTU; Five Years of the “Same Rhetoric”: Immigration Activist Faults Obama’s SOTU, Deportation Policy; “Dirty Wars” Filmmaker Jeremy Scahill on the “Drone President” & Obama’s Whitewashing … Continued
We Shall Overcome”: Remembering Folk Icon, Activist Pete Seeger in His Own Words & Songs. HeadlinesJanuary 28, 2014 Folk Icon, Activist Pete Seeger Dies at 94 Ukraine’s Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Laws; PM Offers to Resign Syria Talks Still Deadlocked over Assad’s Role; U.S. Says People Starving in Homs Egypt’s Generals Back Army Chief for … Continued
State of Conflict: Bill Moyers on North Carolina’s Right-Wing Takeover & the Citizens Fighting Back; Bill Moyers on Dark Money, the Attack on Voting Rights & How Racism Stills Drives Our Politics. HeadlinesJanuary 27, 2014 60 Killed in Clashes Marking 3rd Anniversary of Egyptian Revolution Syrian Gov’t Pledges Safe Passage for Homs Civilians Assad … Continued
South Sudan Reaches Ceasefire, But Will Nascent State Survive Oil-Fueled Neo-Colonialism? We Are the Giant: Bahrain’s Top Family of Activists Pays Heavy Price for Challenging US-Backed Gov’t; Romantic Comedy “Obvious Child” Offers Groundbreaking Cinematic Take on Abortion. HeadlinesJanuary 24, 2014 Congressional Panel: Bulk Collection of Phone Records Illegal Holder Rules Out Snowden Clemency, Open … Continued
