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Interview: Bill Moyers on His Career and Where We Stand Now
(Image: The New Press) Bill Moyers has devoted his career to educating, informing and inspiring the American public while leading a national conversation with the conviction that …
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Qaddafi Defiant as Rebels Seek to Consolidate Takeover
Tripoli, Libya - Rebel fighters sought to consolidate their hold on Tripoli on Wednesday and continued to hunt down an elusive and defiant Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, a day after …
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Rich Guy “Deeply Resents” Helping Pay for Democracy
Hey here's a real dog bites man story for you: a really, really rich guy says to readers of billionaire Murdoch's Wall Street Journal that he “deeply resents” paying …
Revealed: Former Goldman Sachs VP Turned Issa Staffer Supervised Scheduling of Elizabeth Warren Incident
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) became infamous overnight for berating Elizabeth Warren and accusing her of lying about her scheduling with the committee. (Photo: republicanconference)
Time for Jubilee
If we’re truly looking for paths toward managing debt and promoting economic stimulus — which is about stimulating optimism as much as anything else — then we ought to …
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Ex-Guantanamo Guard Opens Up About Detainee Treatment
Editor's Note: This story was excerpted from an exclusive report published in February about former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks. Two months after the publication of our story on Hicks, …
Disney, Militarization and the National Security State After 9/11
Disney's cultural products rely on innocence as a rhetorical tool to legitimate dominant relations of power.
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Don’t Dream, Organize!
(Photo: Jason Bache) I was asked to speak at a rally opposing Alabama's new anti-immigrant law, HB56, and supporting the DREAM Act. Students wore caps and gowns, …
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5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes East Coast
An earthquake sent tremors from the nation’s capital to New York City and New England Tuesday afternoon, the result of what officials said was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake based …
Violence Brings Pakistan’s Women Advocates to Aid Religious Minorities
Islamabad - In spite of real dangers for those working as advocates with Pakistan’s religious minorities, a number of people have been speaking out against religious discrimination and the …