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Lingering Problems at Fukushima Raise Questions About Nuclear Power Safety at Home
Nuclear expert David Lochbaum and award-winning journalist Susan Stranahan discuss the weaknesses in nuclear regulation and whether the US has the proper safeguards to protect its citizens from a …
Triple Divide: Interview With Mark Ruffalo on Fracking Documentary
Using powerful camera work and informative animation, “Triple Divide” offers gripping first-hand accounts from landowners whose lives have been negatively impacted by fracking.
Adolph Reed Jr.: The Surrender of America’s Liberals
Reed tells Moyers, the left is no longer a significant force in American politics.
Public Broadcasters Relying More and More on Corporate Funding
Jeff Cohen: PBS show “Pension Peril,” funded by a billionaire with interest in shaping public pension policy, follows a trend of public broadcasters growing increasingly dependent on corporate funds.
Incremental Raises to Minimum Wage Will Not Increase Unemployment
Bob Pollin: A Recent Congressional Budget Office report claims that up to half a million jobs could be lost due to a minimum wage increase, but its claims are …
Richard Wolff: Enterprise Structure Is Key to the Shape of a Post-Capitalist Future
Richard Wolff discusses his conviction that making the transition from capitalism to socialism requires a deliberate critique of workplace organization.
US Christian Right Behind Anti-Gay Law Passed in Uganda
Rev. Kapya Kaoma: New Ugandan law that makes homosexual acts punishable by life imprisonment was modeled after the talking points of right-wing US evangelicals.
“The Paragraph Began to Self-Delete”: Did NSA Hack Computer of Snowden Biographer and Edit Book Draft?
Is the National Security Agency breaking into computers and tampering with unpublished manuscripts?
Pentagon Will Cut Services and Benefits to Soldiers While Protecting Profits of Defense Industry
William Hartung: Those who fight the wars will face cuts, but not high-ranking military personnel or the companies that build weapons.
A Coup or a Revolution? Ukraine Seeks Arrest of Ousted President Following Deadly Street Protests
Ukraine is in a state of crisis two days after the country's democratically elected president was ousted following months of street protests that left at least 82 people dead.