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Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out
Shahzad Akbar can no longer travel to the United States. Akbar is a Pakistani lawyer who founded the human rights organization Foundation for Fundamental Rights in 2010 and represents …
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Occupy the Media: Truthout’s Jason Leopold Speaks to Free Speech TV on Homeland Security: the Occupy Files
Jason Leopold, senior editor at TruthOut, joins Occupy The Media to share his findings from an investigative report he conducted about the Department of Homeland Security's surveillance of Occupy …
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Eyes on the Prize: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Lessons for Occupy
When he was assassinated in April, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. had just begun “The Poor People’s Campaign.” This focus on economic injustice, which included plans for a mass …
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Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta on Workers’ Rights
Bill Moyers talks with Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta about activism dedicated to restoring workers’ rights — rights they say have been stripped away by corporations. Domestic workers in …
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Will Pumping More American Oil Lower Gas Price?
TRANSCRIPT: PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Washington. As the 2012 elections draw ever nearer, the rhetoric about the cost …
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Scrutinizing the Threat from Iran
In the lead up to war in Iraq, misinformation about weapons of mass destruction went virtually unchallenged by the mainstream media. But three reporters for Knight Ridder newspapers (now …
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Industry Whistleblower Wendell Potter: However Court Rules on Healthcare, Solution is Single Payer
As the Supreme Court examines whether Americans can be penalized if they lack medical coverage, we're joined by health industry whistleblower, Wendell Potter. A former spokesperson for CIGNA and …
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Lawsuit Seeks Halt to TSA’s Use of Full-Body Scanners at Airports amid Safety Concerns
s Congress asks if full-body scanners are “Effective Security or Security Theater?” we examine safety concerns at the heart of a lawsuit that seeks a freeze on the use …
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Healthcare Debate: As Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case, Does Law Do Enough to Fix Health Crisis?
As the Supreme Court weighs whether the Affordable Care Act goes too far, we host a debate on whether the law goes far enough. The case is reviving the …
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Sgt. Robert Bales and the Trauma of Repeat Deployments
Does Robert Bales, the army staff sergeant who allegedly killed 17 Afghan civilians on March 11, symbolize a larger problem in our military ranks? In this web-exclusive video, Vietnam …