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Failure of Current TV – Gore Wouldn’t Take on Bush
Robert Parry: Current TV could have played a critical role taking on the Bush presidency, instead it followed a confused youth strategy.
Michael Moore: “Americans Kill People” – Newtown and the US Culture of Violence
We air an excerpt of an address by the legendary filmmaker Michael Moore delivered just hours after the Newtown massacre.
Untold History: Early US Imperialism, Hitler, Roosevelt, the Spanish Civil War
Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of Untold History of the United States, discusses Roosevelt's attitude towards Hitler and the Soviet Union.
President Obama Speaks on the Shooting in Connecticut
President Obama's remarks on the Connecticut school shooting.
The Petraeus Myth
Gareth Porter: America needed a war hero but his
Manning Testifies About His Torture; Was It Aimed at Turning Him on Assange?
Michael Ratner: Manning describes cruel and unusual punishment; offers to plead to lesser charges.
Community, the Environment and the “Nonsexist City“
In this chapter, Gar Alperovitz charts the varied interconnections between community economic and environmental stability, gender-friendly community design and land ownership institutions.
Former GOP Strategist Kevin Phillips on the Roots of American Revolution and Future of US Politics
With the Republican Party in a state of turmoil following Mitt Romneyu2019s loss three weeks ago, we talk to a guest who was once one of the most influential …
Woody Guthrie at 100: Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Will Kaufman Honor the “Dust Bowl Troubadour”
Commemorations are being held across the country this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the countryu2019s greatest songwriters, Woody Guthrie.
A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz
We take an in-depth look at The Wizard of Oz, and hear a medley of Harburgu2019s Broadway songs and the politics of the times in which they were created