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Coast Guard Blocks Out Media at the Gulf; Activists Demand Answers
Journalists and independent observers of the oil cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico could be fined up to $40,000 and be charged with a felony if they get too …
Playing the “Too Big To Fail” Card
The phrase “Too big to fail” entered the modern American lexicon with a terrible vengeance a couple of years ago, after billions of tax dollars were deployed as spit …
Dalai Lama Watch: Will the Next One Dig Rap?
Dharamsala, India - The Dalai Lama's not getting any younger. He turned 75 on Tuesday and by all accounts he's in good health. But, inevitably, the question of who …
CNN’s Objectivity Questioned in Sacking of Mideast Reporter
Washington - CNN's firing of Octavia Nasr, the editor responsible for the network's Middle East coverage, over a Twitter post in which she expressed her sadness over the death …
News in Brief: Bomb Attacks in Pakistan and Iraq Shake the Region, and More …
A suicide bomber attack has killed 65 people and wounded over 100 in a volatile Pashtun region of northwest Pakistan, reported Reuters. The attack was thought to be targeting …
Politics, Power, and the Environment Beyond BP
Washington has a blind spot when it comes to the environment. BP and the oil spill brought the government's failures into the spotlight, but the same problems crop up …
BP Exploiting Workers in the Gulf (Video)
More GRITtv Hundreds of workers in the Gulf Coast cleaning up BP’s oil disaster have reported symptoms of nausea, vomiting, nose bleeds, and headaches, but those “almost all …
David Sirota | Are Low Taxes Exacerbating the Recession?
As the planet's economy keeps stumbling, the phrase “worst recession since the Great Depression” has become the new “global war on terror” — a term whose overuse has rendered …
“Inside Out” Tells It Like It Might Be
It's quite a pleasure to spend a morning sitting in Charlottesville, Virginia, where all the bookstores display thrillers by local boy John Grisham, and read a thriller as good …
Russia-US Swap Brings Spy Scandal to a Close
New York - The spy scandal of the decade may soon come to a swift close, as Russian and U.S. officials negotiate a deal to swap the alleged Russian …