As President Obama prepares for his State of the Union Address tomorrow night, we talk to filmmaker Michael Kirk who has just finished a Frontline documentary chronicling the series of budget fights on Capitol Hill. We also speak to the former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Blinder who is warning about new economic … Continued
Decade After Iraq WMD Speech at UN, Ex-Powell Aide Lawrence Wilkerson Debates Author Norman Solomon; Lawmakers Threaten Funding of Brooklyn College for Hosting Event on BDS Campaign Against Israel; Bill McKibben: Ahead of Keystone XL Rally, Fossil Fuel Divestment Expands Across U.S. Campuses. HeadlinesFebruary 6, 2013 Report: U.S. Has Secret Drone Base in Saudi … Continued
California Supreme Court to decide on medical Marijuana;Tom Ammiano Assembly member representing the 17th District, chair of public safety committee. Google Racism ; Andrew Leonard , Staff writer, Salon.com Nanomaterials in our Food?; Andy Behar , CEO of the corporate responsibility group As You Sow Unequal Recovery: Black Workers; Steven Pitts , labor policy Specialist, … Continued
Decade After Iraq WMD Speech at UN, Ex-Powell Aide Lawrence Wilkerson Debates Author Norman Solomon; Lawmakers Threaten Funding of Brooklyn College for Hosting Event on BDS Campaign Against Israel; Bill McKibben: Ahead of Keystone XL Rally, Fossil Fuel Divestment Expands Across U.S. Campuses. HeadlinesFebruary 6, 2013 Report: U.S. Has Secret Drone Base in Saudi … Continued
John Kerry’s Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of State. UN launches investigation into US drone attacks. In Conversation with Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst and author of the book National Insecurity.
Newly Sworn-In 113th Congress Is the Most Diverse in History, But Not the Most Progressive; Is Fracking Safe? Debate on Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Technique As NY Moratorium May Expire. HeadlinesJanuary 4, 2013 U.S. Convenes Most Diverse Congress in History House Re-elects Boehner as Speaker Despite Recent Criticism Gun Control Bill Introduced on 1st … Continued
Newly Sworn-In 113th Congress Is the Most Diverse in History, But Not the Most Progressive; Is Fracking Safe? Debate on Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Technique As NY Moratorium May Expire. HeadlinesJanuary 4, 2013 U.S. Convenes Most Diverse Congress in History House Re-elects Boehner as Speaker Despite Recent Criticism Gun Control Bill Introduced on 1st … Continued
Andrew Feinstein on Letters & Politics.
Tom Diaz of the Violence Prevention Center on the massacre in Connecticut. Heather Cox Richardson on the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
Analyzing the expiring tax cuts involved in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Our guest is David Cay Johston, Pulitzer Prize winning business journalist and author of the book The Fine Print.
