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May Day Rallies Take Immigration Fight to the Streets
From Los Angeles to New York, Chicago to Houston, hundreds of thousands of protesters in dozens of cities are marching, chanting, and in some cases engaging in civil disobedience …
Omar Khadr’s Trial Continues; Interrogation Video Introduced
Guantanamo Bay Navy Base, Cuba - An Army Special Forces officer testified Saturday that he altered a field report to directly implicate a Canadian detainee now being held at …
WorldStove: Transforming Haiti and the World
WorldStove founder Nathaniel Mulcahy has just completed two months of work in Haiti, setting up a pilot project that will provide biochar-producing stoves and jobs for the Haitian people. …
Chemicals Meant To Break Up BP Oil Spill Present New Environmental Concerns
The chemicals BP is now relying on to break up the steady flow of leaking oil from deep below the Gulf of Mexico could create a new set of …
Bill Moyers: Interview With Jim Hightower
This is a transcript of a segment of the final program for The Bill Moyers Journal, aired on Friday, April 30, 2010. Bill Moyers interviews journalist Jim Hightower …
Boycotts Against Arizona: An Effective Strategy for Social Change?
On Your Call, we're discussing the history and present use of boycotts. Arizona recently passed the nation's strongest anti-immigration law. Individuals, organizations, and governments worldwide are calling for widespread …
On Climate, Energy, Oil Rigs: First, Do No Harm
United States action on global warming is long overdue. But energy industry lobbyists and their Senate allies have thwarted the best efforts of three leading senators. The result: A …
Pressure Mounts on Energy Giant Chevron to Disclose Revenue
Bangkok - When shareholders of the multinational company Chevron gather for their annual meeting in the U.S. city of Houston in late May, they will come face to face …
Press Freedom Falls Around the World
There are bright spots regarding press freedom, but there's been an overall decline for eight straight years, according to a new report. Other political and social freedoms may be …
Goldman Didn’t Tell SEC About Mortgage Moves for Months
Washington - In December 2006, Goldman Sachs embarked on a frantic effort to shed billions of dollars in risky mortgage securities and purchase exotic insurance to protect itself against …