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Evidence for Russian Involvement in East Ukraine Based on Shoddy Journalism
Robert Parry: The Obama administration and Kiev government claimed that Russian soldiers were present at the building occupations, yet it turns out that this was assertion based on photos …
Affirmative Action Ruling Will Further Racial Inequality
Bruce Dixon: The Supreme Court decision furthers institutional advantages of whites under the guise of colorblindness.
Jim Crow in the Classroom: New Report Finds Segregation Lives on in US Schools
As the US Supreme Court upholds a ban on affirmative action in Michigan and the country marks 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education, Democracy Now! interviews ProPublica's …
Toms River: How a Small Town Fought Back Against Corporate Giants for Toxic Dumping Linked to Cancer
Environmental reporter Dan Fagin joins Democracy Now! to discuss his book that tells the story of how a small New Jersey town fought back against industrial pollution and astronomical …
Assessing the US Environmental Movement
It has been 44 years since the first Earth Day protests when 20 million Americans demonstrated for a cleaner environment, setting the groundwork for what was to become the …
“Fierce Green Fire” Documentary Explores Environmental Movement’s Global Rise
In an Earth Day special, Amy Goodman looks at the history of the global environmental movement as told in the sweeping new documentary, "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle …
Greek Politics Four Years After the Financial Crisis
Leo Panitch on the left Coalition: Syriza and the struggle against austerity.
Four Years After BP Disaster, Ousted Drilling Chief Warns US at Risk of Another Oil Spill
Elizabeth Birnbaum, who was director of the Minerals Management Service in the Interior Department at the time of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, warns the risk of another offshore oil …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Block the Paycheck Fairness Act, and More
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act and upheld a boss's right to punish workers for talking about unfair pay practices, and more.
Bill Moyers: Government Is Now a Protection Racket for the 1%
Inequality is what has turned Washington into a protection racket for the 1 percent. It buys all those goodies from government: tax breaks, tax havens, loopholes, favors like carried …