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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
“Cesar’s Last Fast”: How Cesar Chavez Risked Death to Protect the Lives of Farmworkers He Championed; Freedom Summer: How Civil Rights Activists Braved Violence to Challenge Racism in 1964 Mississippi; Through A Lens Darkly: How African Americans Use Photography to Shape Their Cultural Representat. HeadlinesJanuary 23, 2014 Freedom Industries Discloses 2nd Chemical in West … Continued
Private Violence: Survivors & Advocates Confront Victim-Blaming & the Epidemic of Domestic Abuse; Alive Inside: How the Magic of Music Proves Therapeutic for Patients With Alzheimer’s and Dementia. HeadlinesJanuary 22, 2014 Divisions over Assad’s Role Mark Opening of Syria Peace Talks Iran Criticizes U.N. for Withdrawing Invite at U.S. Behest Gruesome Images Show “Industrial” … Continued
The Internet’s Own Boy: Film on Aaron Swartz Captures Late Activist’s Struggle for Online Freedom. HeadlinesJanuary 21, 2014 Obama Preserves Bulk Collection of Metadata, Curbs Foreign Spying in Surveillance Reforms Obama Rejects Panel on National Security Letters, Software Hacking House Intel Chair: Snowden Spied for Russia; Gov’t Officials Call for Snowden’s Murder West Virginia … Continued
