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Has an Oscar Saved Japan’s Dolphins?
Despite efforts by the Japanese government and the U.S. military to ban and cancel screenings of the documentary “The Cove” in Japan, director Louie Psihoyos says it will not …

Red State Road Trip 2 – Detroit, Necropolis Reborn (Video Part IX)
Detroit - Once a 20th century industrial dynamo, now an 18th century rural society? Pheasants and deer wander among the rusting towers and ruined factories as nature reclaims this …

Obama, Karzai Say Past Differences “Were Simply Overstated“
Washington - President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Wednesday to project a unified front on defeating the Taliban-led insurgency, acknowledging past differences but insisting that reports …

Data Seizure at the Airport
Be prepared for a search of what’s on your laptop as you cross into the United States these days. Two years ago a freelance journalist named Bill Hogan returned …

Leahy Pushes Financial Reform Amendment to Protect Whistleblowers, Transparency
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) proposed an amendment to the financial reform bill Monday that would further protect whistleblowers' identities while eliminating language that would “indefinitely shield critical information” in …

Farming in Gaza Is “a Kind of Resistance“
That Thursday morning was odd weather in Gaza. Gaza is pretty arid. Thick cloud cover is unusual in late April, so is rain. The slate storm-front sliding over the …

We All Live in Arizona
Todos Somos Arizona “We Are All Arizona. No to the Law against Immigrants.” Here, in the hands of this man at Saturday's May Day march in Foley Square, opposite …

Privacy Reform: The Sound of No Hand Clapping
In the wake of nationwide demonstrations calling for stronger government regulation of banks and investment firms, draft legislation was introduced in the House on Tuesday that targets a less …

More States Jump on Bandwagon, Press for Restrictive Immigration Legislation
Despite the broad, national backlash sparked by Arizona's harsh immigration bill - including protests and calls to boycott the state - lawmakers in more than 15 states across the …

Robert Reich | Lincoln to the Rescue
Right now, the biggest battle in bank reform is over a provision introduced by Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas that would force the giant Wall Street banks to give …