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"

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This Week on Between The Lines

Posted Nov. 28, 2012 for week ending Dec. 7, 2012

"Neither side is supposed to be violently attacking the civilians of the other side. Israel has an active duty to protect the people that's under occupation. And the United States recognizes that this is an occupation (of Gaza)."

– Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, peace activist slain by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza.

Listen to the entire program using these links, or to individual interviews via the links appearing prior to each segment description below.

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Slain Peace Activist Rachel Corrie's Parents Reflect on Gaza Visit Just Before Recent Cross-Border Violence

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Interview with Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, peace activist slain by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza, conducted by Scott Harris

Eight days of violence that began with Israeli airstrikes targeting Gaza militants who fired rockets into Israel – leading to an escalation of more than 1,000 cross-border airstrikes and rocket attacks on both sides, claimed the lives of an estimated 169 Palestinians in Gaza and 6 Israelis – with hundreds more injured. A cease-fire brokered by Egyptian officials went into effect in Nov. 21. In the second phase of the cease-fire agreement, negotiations began in Cairo on Nov. 25 to discuss establishing new border regulations in Gaza. Story continues

Facing Lawsuit, Patriot Coal Company Agrees to Phase Out Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

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Interview with Joe Lovett, lead attorney with Appalachian Mountain Advocates, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

On Nov. 15, the Patriot Coal Corp. announced a settlement agreement with the Sierra Club and two Appalachian advocacy groups to phase out mountaintop removal coal mining and eventually all surface mining. The company issued a statement that continuing that form of mining was in neither the company's nor the surrounding communities' best interest, stating that “Patriot Coal recognizes that our mining operations impact the communities in which we operate in significant ways." The Hobet mine complex, the largest mountaintop removal site in Appalachia is among the operations to be shut down. Two dozen activists briefly occupied the complex in July in an effort to draw attention to the destruction wrought by mountaintop removal mining. Story continues

Nationwide Walmart Workers' Strike Defies Retail Giant's Anti-Union Intimidation Tactics

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Interview with David Bacon, former union organizer, photographer and author, conducted by Scott Harris

In the largest mobilization of workers ever to strike against Walmart, America’s biggest retailer, more than 500 of the store’s employees, union supporters and allies organized 1,000 picket lines in 46 states to protest the company’s low wages, inadequate benefits and retaliation tactics. Nine picketers were arrested during a California protest. The Black Friday strike on the most important shopping day of the year came 18 months after workers founded the OUR Walmart employees organization, backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, five months after workers went on strike at a Walmart seafood supplier and seven weeks after the first coast-to-coast strike at Walmart stores. Story continues

This week’s summary of under-reported news

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Compiled by Bob Nixon

While world attention was focused on Israel’s airstrikes targeting Gaza, rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo overran Goma, a city of one million people and a hub for the trade in valuable minerals. ("Congo rebels take Goma with little resistance and to little cheer," The Guardian, Nov. 20, 2012; "That Other War," Foreign Policy, Nov. 20 2012; "UN report: Rwanda commanding Congo rebel force," Associated Press, Nov. 22, 2012; "Goma falls to M23, a tale of war, rebellion and dreadful peace agreements," All Africa.com, Nov. 21, 2012)
In a victory for religious conservatives, the Church of England rejected a proposal to allow women to become Anglican Bishops. ("Church of England votes against allowing women bishops," The Guardian, Nov. 20, 2012; "Campaigners for women bishops in despair as laity reject reform," The Guardian, Nov. 20, 2012)
Although the official U.S. poverty rate is 15 percent, the definition of poverty is highly selective and can change depending on region, level of urbanization and the balance of hourly versus salary jobs. ("Who are you calling poor?" Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 8, 2012; "Alternative measure sees more people living in poverty," Wall Street Journal blog, Nov. 14, 2012)

Recent Shows

November

Week Ending Nov. 30, 2012

Phyllis Bennis: Israeli Occupation and Blockade is Root Cause of Gaza Conflict
Max Richtman: Labor, Progressive Groups Call on Obama to Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid During "Fiscal Cliff" Negotiations
Pablo Benson-Silva: Occupy Sandy Relief Effort Connects Dots Between Wall Street Greed and Nation's Climate Change Paralysis

Week Ending Nov. 23, 2012

Bill Fletcher Jr.: After Delivering Critical Votes for Obama and Democrats, Labor Now Moves on Post-Election Agenda
Terry O'Neill: Republican "War on Women" Provokes Backlash at Polls and Key Victories for Progressive Candidates
Sally Bingham: California Launches Landmark Cap-and-Trade Program with Auction of Greenhouse Gas Pollution Permits

Week Ending Nov. 16, 2012

John Nichols: Progressive Gains in U.S. Senate Defy Pundits' Declaration of "Status Quo" Election
Nick Nyhart: In Wake of Record-Breaking Spending in 2012 Election Campaign, Public May be Ready to Demand Reform
Joy Gordon: Iran's Civilians Bear Brunt of International Sanctions

Week Ending Nov. 9, 2012

Frederick Clarkson: The Christian Right's Prominent Role in GOP Exposed by Their Candidates' Extremist Views on "Rape"
Daniel Kessler: In Aftermath of Devastating "Frankenstorm" Climate Change Group Launches Divestment Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Industry
Eric Boehlert: Media Focus on Election Polls and Gaffes Crowd Out Substantive Coverage of Critical Issues

Week Ending Nov. 2, 2012

Judy Bello: Code Pink Delegation in Pakistan Stands in Solidarity with U.S. Drone Attack Victims
Diana Buttu and Saleh Abdal Jawad: Testimony Before Russell Tribunal Focuses on U.S., U.N. Role in Israel's 45-Year Occupation of Palestine
Greg Palast: The Theft of Millions of Votes Could Determine Outcome of 2012 Senate and Presidential Elections

October

Week Ending Oct. 26, 2012

Bill Hartung: Critical U.S. Foreign Policy Questions Absent from Major Party Presidential Debates
Jesse Lava: "Koch Brothers Exposed": Film Documentary Examines Right-Wing Groups, Causes Supported by Multi-Billionaires David and Charles Koch
Chuck Nelson: Longtime Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining Opponent Larry Gibson Remembered by Activists and Friends

Week Ending Oct. 19, 2012

Mark Weisbrot: Venezuela's Poor Deliver Hugo Chavez Re-Election Victory
Cindy Corrie: Slain Peace Activist Rachel Corrie's Parents Carry on Struggle for Peace and Justice in her Name
Rocky Anderson: Rocky Anderson Runs for President Challenging Plutocracy and the "Corrupt" Major Party Duopoly

Week Ending Oct. 12, 2012

Marge Baker: Future of Supreme Court Ideological Composition Hinges on Presidential Election
George Farah: Critics Demand Full Disclosure of Secret Party Contracts Governing Presidential Debates
Ron Seifert: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Construction in Texas Target of Nonviolent, Civil Disobedience Actions

Week Ending Oct. 5, 2012

Jamal Abdi: As U.S. Election Nears, Rising Tensions with Iran Pose Risk of Miscalculation and War
Ben Beachy: Critics Decry Secrecy, Corporate Access to Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Negotiations
Drew Kukorowski: Campaign Pressures FCC to Roll Back Exorbitant Expense of Prison Phone Calls

September

Week Ending Sept. 28, 2012

Chris Toensing: In Anti-Islam Film Uproar, Militant Groups Exploit Decades-old Grievances Against U.S.
Marjorie Cohn: Court Ruling Challenges U.S. Government’s Right to Indefinitely Detain Terrorist Suspects and Supporters
Ann Wright: On 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Movement, Activists Block Business as Usual in New York's Financial District

Week Ending Sept. 21, 2012

John Feffer: Critics Separate Rhetoric from Reality in Obama's "Hope and Change" Foreign Policy
Kevin Alexander Gray: In Appealing to Middle Class Voters, Obama and Democrats Ignore Rising Levels of Poverty
Bill Duesing: Stanford University Study Ignores Key Reasons Why People Buy Organic Foods

Week Ending Sept. 14, 2012

Steve Early: U.S. Labor Movement Faces Choice of "Lesser Evils" in Coming Presidential Election
Peter Hart: Corporate Media Fails to Separate Fact from Fiction at GOP Convention
Michael Hendryx: Recent Health Studies Point to Link Between Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining and Human Illness

Week Ending Sept. 7, 2012

Randy Albelda: GOP Employs Phony Welfare Issue to Exploit Racial Division and Win Over White Voters
Nancy Keenan: Romney, Ryan, Akin and GOP Wage War on Women by Embracing Extreme Positions on Reproductive Rights
Jonathan Schwarz: Defenders of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Say Sweden's Actions Justified His Political Asylum Request

August

Week Ending Aug. 31, 2012

Dean Baker: Romney-Ryan: The GOP's Ticket to Slashing The Nation's Social Safety Net
Scott Klinger: New "Executive Excess" Report Links CEO Pay to Massive Corporate Tax Avoidance
David Lochbaum: Another Climate Change Warning Sign: Connecticut Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down Due to High Ocean Temperatures

Week Ending Aug. 24, 2012

Leah Bolger: Israel Poised to Launch Pre-U.S. Election Attack on Iran
Dr. Dan Doyle: Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Divides Communities Over Jobs and the Environment
Leonard Eiger: Transform Now Plowshares Disarmament Action Targets Oak Ridge Nuclear Weapons Facility

Week Ending Aug. 17, 2012

Karen Perry Stillerman: Critics Challenge Monsanto's Claims Extolling Benefits of Genetically Engineered Food Crops
Paul Anastas: Former EPA Adviser Comments on Recurring Conflict Between Science and Politics
Jill Stein: Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Revives FDR's Legacy in Her 'Green New Deal'

Week Ending Aug. 10, 2012

James S. Henry: New Report Finds Super Rich Around the World have Avoided Paying Taxes on More Than $21 Trillion of Hidden Wealth
Dustin Steele: Arrests at West Virginia Mountain Top Removal Coal Mine Signals New Phase of Direct Action Campaign
Ted Lewis: Caravan for Peace to Travel Across U.S., Focusing Attention on Mexico’s Drug War Violence

Week Ending Aug. 3, 2012

Ron Jacobs: East-West Geopolitical Battle Being Waged in Syrian Civil War
Ladd Everitt: After Aurora Shooting, Political Cowardice Prevents Revival of Assault Weapons Ban
Joanne Landy: Greek Anti-Austerity Movement Finds Political Voice in Syriza Party

July

Week Ending July 27, 2012

Baher Azmy: Eighty-Seven Guantanamo Detainees Cleared for Release Remain in Hopeless Legal Limbo
Erez Krispin and Nour Shehada: Former Israeli and Palestinian Combatants Oppose Israeli Government Panel Declaring West Bank Settlements Don't Violate International Law
Marge Baker: Senate Republicans Defeat Disclose Act Bill, Blocking Grassroots Drive for More Transparency in U.S. Elections

Week Ending July 20, 2012

Sanjeev Bery: Human Rights Group Calls for an Immediate International Arms Embargo Against Syria's Government
Mark Hertsgaard: On Behalf of Their Children, Parents' Group Steps Up to Confront Generational Consequences of Climate Change
Robert Scheer: International LIBOR Scandal is Latest Example of Financial Sector’s Culture of Corruption

Week Ending July 13, 2012

Dr. Steffie Woolhandler: After Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare, Single-Payer Advocates Vow to Continue Fight for Medicare For All
Marc Mauer: Supreme Court Ruling Bars Mandatory Life Sentences for Juveniles
Bill Chandler: Supreme Court Rejects Arizona's Pre-emption of Federal Immigration Law, But Upholds SB 1070's "Papers Please" Provision

Week Ending July 6, 2012

Ellen Vollinger: Congress Targets Food Stamp Program for Deep Cuts
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster: Senate Hears Testimony that Prolonged Prison Solitary Confinement is Torture
Coleen Rowley: Fearing Extradition to US, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Seeks Political Asylum in Ecuador's London Embassy

June

Week Ending June 29, 2012

Phyllis Bennis: Egyptian Military Consolidates Power as Muslim Brotherhood Claims Presidency
William K. Black: Federal Reserve Report Reveals Americans’ Dramatic Loss of Wealth Resulting from Financial Meltdown
Lorella Praeli: Apart from Obama's Executive Order, Young Undocumented Immigrants Continue Struggle for Path to Citizenship

Week Ending June 22, 2012

Chris Toensing: Syria's Uprising Descends into Civil War
Matthew Rothschild: Wisconsin Recall Election Defeat a Wakeup Call for Progressive and Labor Activists
Elaine Kolb: GOP Proposal to Cut $800 Billion from Medicaid Budget Focus of Disability Rights Protest

Week Ending June 15, 2012

Seif Da'Na: Days Before Egyptian Presidential Election, Court Sentences Mubarak, Ignites Massive Protest
Richard Wolff: Austerity Policies Fuel Eurozone Crisis, Growing Public Resistance
Marilyn Mullens: Women Against Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Shave their Heads in Protest

Week Ending June 8, 2012

Saher Francis: Jailed Palestinian Hunger Strikers Win Concessions from Israelis on Improved Prison Conditions
Andrew Gavin Marshall: Quebec's Student Tuition Strike Grows into Massive Anti-Austerity Movement
Richard Kirsch: Millions of Americans' Access to Health Care Hinges on Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act Ruling

Week Ending June 1, 2012

Carl J. Mayer: Judge's Preliminary Injunction Bars Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens Under NDAA
Pat Hunt: Militarized Police Force and Terrorism Charges Greet NATO Protesters in Chicago
Gary Holder-Winfield: Connecticut Education Reform Law Aims to Close America's Worst Racial Achievement Gap

May

Week Ending May 25, 2012

John Lewis: In Historic Shift, Obama Declares His Support for Same Gender Marriage
Laura Bozzi: "Climate Impacts Day" Connects Dots Between Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather
Matthew Rothschild: Labor and Progressive Activists Work to Get Out the Vote for Wisconsin Recall Election June 5

Week Ending May 18, 2012

Tom Hayden: Obama Sends Mixed Messages in Speech on Future of Afghan War
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike Marks Renewed Emphasis on Nonviolent Resistance
Bob Edgar: Common Cause to IRS: Revoke Corporate Lobby Group ALEC’s Tax-Exempt, Charitable Status

Week Ending May 11, 2012

Christian Ramirez: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging Constitutionality of Arizona's "Papers Please" Law
Aaron Viles: BP Oil Spill Disaster Fines to be Dedicated to Gulf Coast Wetlands Restoration
Mark Bray: Occupy Wall Street Movement Returns to the Streets in May Day Spring Revival

Week Ending May 4, 2012

Jeremy Holden: U.S. Network TV News Misleads on Iranian Nuclear Threat
Dolores Huerta: Farm Workers Union Co-Founder: Together Progressive Activists can Advance Social Justice in America
Greg Palast: Investigation Finds BP Covered Up Information on 2008 Blowout a Precursor to 2010 Gulf Coast Disaster

April

Week Ending April 27, 2012

Lee Farris: Tax Fairness Debate Takes Center Stage in Presidential Election Year
Everette Thompson: Amnesty International: Decades of Solitary Confinement at Louisiana’s Angola Prison Amounts to Torture
Alex Main: Summit of the Americas Highlights Latin Nations' Growing Independence from Washington

Week Ending April 20, 2012

Baher Azmy: Civil Liberties Advocates: Supreme Court Strip Search Ruling Could Lead to Systematic Police Abuse
Richard Dieter: Connecticut Poised to Become 17th State to End Capital Punishment; Executions in Decline in U.S.
Rashad Robinson: ColorofChange.org Succeeds in Pressuring Major Corporations to Resign from Right-wing Policy Group American Legislative Exchange Council

Week Ending April 13, 2012

Jin Hee Lee: Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin Provokes National Debate on Racial Profiling
Chuck Nelson: Federal Court Overturns EPA Revocation of Mountain Top Removal Coal Mine Permit
John Cavanagh: "99% Spring" Coalition of Unions, Students, Environmental Groups Organizing for Direct Action Protests