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Interview
Los Angeles Moves Towards Ratifying Fracking Ban, but Is Federal Regulation Possible?
Kate Sinding and Adam Scow discuss the current legal loopholes for industry that exempt fracking operations from regulation, and the issue of job creation through developing alternative energy sources.
Ian Haney Lopez on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race
Author and legal scholar Ian Haney Lopez tells Bill that dog whistle politics is “the dark magic” by which middle-class voters have been seduced to vote against their own …
Freed Ex-Black Panther Marshall “Eddie” Conway on 44 Years in Prison and FBI Surveillance
Numerous groups have campaigned for years calling for his release, saying he never received a fair trial and was convicted largely on the basis of testimony from a jailhouse …
Rola Nashef: Redefining Arab-American Narratives Through Romantic Comedy
Writer-director-producer Rola Nashef discusses the Arab-American community in Detroit, Arab-American identity and the politics of challenging media stereotypes through romantic comedy.
Are Any Plastics Safe? Industry Tries To Hide Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Bottles, Containers
A new expose by Mother Jones magazine may shock anyone who drinks out of plastic bottles, gives their children plastic sippy cups, eats out of plastic containers, or stores …
“Help. They Broke My Arm. Egypt Police”: Peace Activist Medea Benjamin Detained en Route to Gaza
US peace activist Medea Benjamin was detained Monday at Cairo's airport by Egyptian police without explanation.
Dahr Jamail: Humanitarian Crisis Intensifies in Fallujah as Iraqi Government Accused of Killing More Than 100 Civilians
Dahr Jamail discusses his new report on Democracy Now! which revealed doctors, residents and non-governmental organization workers in the city of Fallujah are accusing the Iraqi government of war …
Liberty, Equality, Geography: An Interview with John P. Clark on the Revolutionary Eco-Anarchism of Elisée Reclus
Reclus believed that solutions to ecological crises must involve restoring balance, equality, and a sense of interrelationship between humans and other humans, and between humans and the biosphere.
Who Is Provoking the Unrest in Ukraine? A Debate on Role of Russia, United States in Regional Crisis
Russia is vowing to keep its troops in the Ukrainian region of Crimea in what has become Moscow's biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War.
Inside the Secret Wall Street Society of the 1%
Kevin Roose talks about sneaking into a secret wall street society initiation and what he learned from the experience.